pts_listowned - Show the Protection Database groups owned by a user or group
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OpenAFS 2025-03-21 PTS_LISTOWNED(1)
Description
The ptslistowned command lists the groups owned by each user or group specified by the -nameorid
argument.
To list any orphanedgroups, whose owners have themselves been deleted from the Protection Database,
provide a value of 0 (zero) for the -nameorid argument. To change the owner to a user or group that still
exists, use the ptschown command.
Examples
The following example lists the groups owned by user terry and shows that the group "terry:friends" does
not own any groups:
% pts listowned terry terry:friends
Groups owned by terry (id: 1045) are:
terry:friends
terry:project1
terry:project2
Groups owned by terry:friends (id: -673) are:
Name
pts_listowned - Show the Protection Database groups owned by a user or group
Options
-nameorid <userorgroupnameorid>+
Specifies the name or AFS UID of each user, or the name or AFS GID of each group, for which to
display the list of owned groups. It is acceptable to mix users and groups on the same command line,
as well as names and IDs. Precede the GID of each group with a hyphen to indicate that it is
negative.
A value of 0 (zero) lists group entries for groups whose owners no longer have entries in the
Protection Database.
-auth
Use the calling user's tokens to communicate with the Protection Server. For more details, see
pts(1).
-cell <cellname>
Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see pts(1).
-config <configdirectory>
Use an alternate config directory. For more details, see pts(1).
-encrypt
Encrypts any communication with the Protection Server. For more details, see pts(1).
-force
Enables the command to continue executing as far as possible when errors or other problems occur,
rather than halting execution at the first error.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.
-localauth
Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. Do not
combine this flag with the -cell or -noauth options. For more details, see pts(1).
-noauth
Assigns the unprivileged identity anonymous to the issuer. For more details, see pts(1).
Output
The first line of the output indicates the name and AFS UID or AFS GID of each user or group for which
ownership information is requested, in the following format:
Groups owned by <name> (id: <ID>) are:
A list of groups follows. The list does not include groups owned by groups that the user or group owns,
or to which the user or group belongs. If the user or group does not own any groups, only the header line
appears.
The following error message appears if the issuer is not privileged to view ownership information. By
default, for both user and group entries the second privacy flag is the hyphen, which denies permission
to anyone other than the user (for a user entry) and the members of the system:administrators group.
pts: Permission denied so failed to get owner list for <name> (id: <ID>)
Privilege Required
The required privilege depends on the setting of the second privacy flag in the Protection Database entry
of each user or group indicated by the -nameorid argument (use the ptsexamine command to display the
flags):
• If it is the hyphen and the -nameorid argument specifies a group, only the members of the
system:administrators group and the owner of a group can list the groups it owns.
• If it is the hyphen and the -nameorid argument specifies a user, only the members of the
system:administrators group and the associated user can list the groups he or she owns.
• If it is uppercase letter "O", anyone who can access the cell's database server machines can list the
groups owned by this user or group.
See Also
pts(1), pts_chown(1), pts_examine(1), pts_setfields(1)
Synopsis
ptslistowned-nameorid <userorgroupnameorid>+
[-cell <cellname>] [-noauth] [-localauth] [-force] [-help]
[-auth] [-encrypt] [-config <configdirectory>]
ptslisto-na <userorgroupnameorid>+
[-c <cellname>] [-no] [-l] [-f] [-h]
[-a] [-e] [-co <configdirectory>]
