PureBasic

Get a Remote File's Owner

Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.GetFileOwner method, which returns a remote file's owner. The arguments are the remote path (or handle), whether symbolic links are followed, and whether the first argument is a handle.

Background: Ownership determines who may read, write, or change a file under Unix permission rules, so reading the owner is useful for auditing or for deciding whether an operation will be allowed. Note that a server may report the owner as a numeric UID rather than a name if it cannot resolve the account, and that ownership is a Unix concept — servers on other platforms may return an empty or synthetic value.

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IncludeFile "CkSFtp.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    ;  Demonstrates the SFtp.GetFileOwner method, which returns a remote file's owner.  The 1st
    ;  argument is the remote path (or handle), the 2nd selects whether symbolic links are followed,
    ;  and the 3rd indicates whether the 1st argument is a handle.

    sftp.i = CkSFtp::ckCreate()
    If sftp.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
    port.i = 22
    success = CkSFtp::ckConnect(sftp,"sftp.example.com",port)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkSFtp::ckLastErrorText(sftp)
        CkSFtp::ckDispose(sftp)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
    ;  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    password.s = "mySshPassword"

    success = CkSFtp::ckAuthenticatePw(sftp,"mySshLogin",password)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkSFtp::ckLastErrorText(sftp)
        CkSFtp::ckDispose(sftp)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkSFtp::ckInitializeSftp(sftp)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkSFtp::ckLastErrorText(sftp)
        CkSFtp::ckDispose(sftp)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  The 2nd argument (bFollowLinks) selects whether a symbolic link is followed to its target.
    ;  The 3rd argument (bIsHandle) is 0 here because the 1st argument is a path, not an
    ;  open handle.
    bFollowLinks.i = 1
    bIsHandle.i = 0

    owner.s = CkSFtp::ckGetFileOwner(sftp,"subdir/report.pdf",bFollowLinks,bIsHandle)
    If CkSFtp::ckLastMethodSuccess(sftp) = 0
        Debug CkSFtp::ckLastErrorText(sftp)
        CkSFtp::ckDispose(sftp)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "Owner: " + owner

    CkSFtp::ckDisconnect(sftp)


    CkSFtp::ckDispose(sftp)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure