Function chown

pub fn chown<P: AsRef<Path>>(
    dir: P,
    uid: Option<u32>,
    gid: Option<u32>,
) -> Result<()>

Available on Unix only.

Change the owner and group of the specified path.

Specifying either the uid or gid as None will leave it unchanged.

Changing the owner typically requires privileges, such as root or a specific capability. Changing the group typically requires either being the owner and a member of the group, or having privileges.

Be aware that changing owner clears the suid and sgid permission bits in most cases according to POSIX, usually even if the user is root. The sgid is not cleared when the file is non-group-executable. See: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/chown.2.html This call may also clear file capabilities, if there was any.

If called on a symbolic link, this will change the owner and group of the link target. To change the owner and group of the link itself, see lchown.

Examples

use std::os::unix::fs;

fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    fs::chown("/sandbox", Some(0), Some(0))?;
    Ok(())
}