Re: rename() API & "Operation not permitted."

Sounds an awful lot like the "sticky bit" is on for the file. You'll need
to use the chmod() API or chmod command to turn that bit off.

From https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=ssw_ibm_i_74/apis/chmod.htm:

S_ISVTX
Restricted renames and unlinks for objects within a directory. Objects can
be linked into a directory that has this bit set on, but cannot be renamed
or unlinked from it unless one or more of the following are true for the
user performing the operation:
- The user is the owner of the object.
- The user is the owner of the directory.
- The user has all object (*ALLOBJ) special authority.

Thank you,

Tim Clark
Dept 45X - DB2 for IBM i / SQL Optimizer


"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 05/20/2021
10:45:09 AM:

From: Justin Taylor <jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx>
To: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 05/20/2021 10:45 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] rename() API & "Operation not permitted."
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I have a rename() API call that's failing with "Operation not

permitted.".

The user doing the rename isn't the owner but have *RWX / *ALL authority

to

the IFS file.

Is there any way to allow a user other than the owner to do a rename?

TIA