> Hello, > > I was enthusiastic to write down a tool that permitted everyone > to check and print the default file permissions of a given path > but when I knocked my eyes against mtree behavior I remained > frightened. > > Given for example: > > mtree -c -f /etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist -K uid,guid,mode -p /usr/games -e
what is your intention when using these flags? What do you want to do? > I was expecting that: > -p let me pass the path to check to mtree like /usr/games Yes, you are right: p uses path instead of the current directory. > -K uid,guid,mode let me suggest the output for each file entry > specified together with -c command option on 7.4: $ man mtree | grep -A 57 "supported keywords" it also gives hint about the specified 'guid' keyword > But indeed mtree behavior is really different. Yes, you are right. > Please point me in the right direction with mtre 'man mtree' is a good start. or check security(8). On 7.4 you can do: $ grep -B 12 -A 27 "sub check_mtree" /usr/libexec/security
