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(See .Xr init 8 for details.) .Pp The .Dv UF_IMMUTABLE , UF_APPEND , UF_NOUNLINK , UF_NODUMP , and .Dv UF_OPAQUE flags may be set or unset by either the owner of a file or the super-user. .Pp The .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND , SF_NOUNLINK , and .Dv SF_ARCHIVED flags may only be set or unset by the super-user. Attempts to set these flags by non-super-users are rejected, attempts by non-superusers to clear flags that are already unset are silently ignored. These flags may be set at any time, but normally may only be unset when the system is in single-user mode. (See .Xr init 8 for details.) .Pp The .Dv SF_SNAPSHOT flag is maintained by the system and cannot be changed by any user. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std .Sh ERRORS The .Fn chflags system call will fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ENOTDIR A component of the path prefix is not a directory. .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters. .It Bq Er ENOENT The named file does not exist. .It Bq Er EACCES Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix. .It Bq Er ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname. .It Bq Er EPERM The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and the effective user ID is not the super-user. .It Bq Er EPERM One of .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND , or .Dv SF_NOUNLINK is set and the user is either not the super-user or securelevel is greater than 0. .It Bq Er EPERM A non-super-user tries to set one of .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND , or .Dv SF_NOUNLINK . .It Bq Er EPERM User tries to set or remove the .Dv SF_SNAPSHOT flag. .It Bq Er EROFS The named file resides on a read-only file system. .It Bq Er EFAULT The .Fa path argument points outside the process's allocated address space. .It Bq Er EIO An .Tn I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system. .It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP The underlying file system does not support file flags. .El .Pp The .Fn fchflags system call will fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EBADF The descriptor is not valid. .It Bq Er EINVAL The .Fa fd argument refers to a socket, not to a file. .It Bq Er EPERM The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and the effective user ID is not the super-user. .It Bq Er EPERM One of .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND , or .Dv SF_NOUNLINK is set and the user is either not the super-user or securelevel is greater than 0. .It Bq Er EPERM A non-super-user tries to set one of .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND , or .Dv SF_NOUNLINK . .It Bq Er EROFS The file resides on a read-only file system. .It Bq Er EIO An .Tn I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system. .It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP The underlying file system does not support file flags. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chflags 1 , .Xr fflagstostr 3 , .Xr strtofflags 3 , .Xr init 8 , .Xr mount_unionfs 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Fn chflags and .Fn fchflags system calls first appeared in .Bx 4.4 .