Submitting: Put your program into the file main.c and submit them as described in the All About Homework handout. Remember, we'll compile and run them on the DECs, so be sure they work there! (Note: if you use other file names, we will deduct 5 points.)
Write a program that determines whether a user can access a file to perform the specified operation. The operation(s) are indicated by command-line options, and are:
-r read
-w write
-x execute
For example, if your executable is named access, then
access -r bishop /etc/motdshould print
bishop can read /etc/motdOptions may be combined; for example:
access -rwx bishop /etc/motdshould print
bishop can read /etc/motd bishop can write /etc/motd bishop cannot execute /etc/motdOnly one user and one file may be named per command. If the user is given as an integer, assume that is a UID. For example:
access -rw 917 /etc/passwdshould print
User 917 can read /etc/passwd User 917 cannot write /etc/passwdIf the user's UID is 0, print the message
That user is the superuser!and exit. If the object named as a file is a symbolic link, give the results that correspond to the target of the symbolic link (in other words, follow them).
Hints: Use stat(2). The program user.c discussed in class (see the lecture notes for Lecture #9) gives an example of translating from names to UIDs and how to handle groups. The program finfo.c in ~cs40/samples shows you how to access the directory modes. Also, use getopt(3) for handling the options; it makes that part quite simple. The program prs.c (see the notes for lecture #8) gives an example of that also.
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