Hi, Thanks alot. This is what I am looking for.
Regards, Perumal On Jan 22, 7:46 pm, Jeremy Leonard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Perumal, > > The mode is used for specifying what permissions to use in case a new > file is created. Here are the numbers and a brief description for the > different modes: > 00700 user (file owner) has read, write and execute permission > 00400 user has read permission > 00200 user has write permission > 00100 user has execute permission > 00070 group has read, write and execute permission > 00040 group has read permission > 00020 group has write permission > 00010 group has execute permission > 00007 others have read, write and execute permission > 00004 others have read permission > 00002 others have write permisson > 00001 others have execute permission > > You should be able to combine the 'user", 'group' and 'others' to get > the permission set that you are looking for. > > Jer > > On Jan 21, 11:44 pm, perumal316 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > The function definition for system call sys_open is > > > asmlinkage long sys_open(const char __user *filename,int flags, int > > mode); > > > I am writing a module and in it I am accessing sys_open but not sure > > what should be the value of mode. I couldn't find any link specifying > > what are the different modes and what is the difference. > > > Thanks In Advance, > > Perumal > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
