p4 protects

Synopsis

Display protections in place for a given user, group, or path.

Syntax

p4 [g-opts] protects [-s spec][-a | -u user | -g group] [-h host] [-m] [file ...]
p4 [g-opts] protects -M [-u user | -g group] [file ...]

Description

Use the p4 protects command to display the lines from the protections table that apply to a user, group, or set of files.

  • With no options, p4 protects displays the lines in the protections table that apply to the current user. If a file argument is provided, only those lines in the protection table that apply to the named files are displayed.
  • Use the -a option to display lines for all users, or -u user, -g group, or -h host options to display lines for a specific user, group, or host IP address.
  • Use the -m option to display a one-word summary of the maximum applicable access level.
  • Use the -M option to display a one-word summary of the maximum access level. Unlike the -m option, it takes into account exclusions against the specified file path.

  • Use the -s option to display protection information from a protect table referenced by the file revision specified with the spec argument. For example, the following command returns information about the user sam in the third revision of the protections table: 

    $ p4 -u super protects -s //spec/protect.p4s#3 -u sam
write user* * //...

    This is useful when users lose access privileges at a given point in time and you want to check what changes were made to the protection table just before that date.

    To use this option, you must define a spec depot for protect forms; this automatically saves revisions to the protect specification every time you edit the protection table. See p4 depot for information on how to create a spec depot.

Options

-a

Displays protection lines for all users. This option requires super access.

-g group

Displays protection lines that apply to the named group. This option requires super access.

-h host

Displays protection lines that apply to the specified host IP address. This option requires super access.

-m

Display a one-word summary of the maximum applicable access level. (Note: this does not take into account exclusionary mappings or the specified file path into account.)

-s spec

Display information from the specified earlier version of the protect file. The spec parameter specifies the path of the file version you’re interested in.

You must define a spec depot for protect forms in order to automatically save protect revisions every time you edit a form.

-u user

Displays protection lines that apply to the named user. This option requires super access.

g-opts

See “Global Options”.

Usage Notes

Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier? Can File Arguments Use Revision Range? Minimal Access Level Required

No

No

list,
super for -a, -h, -g, -u
  • If the dm.protects.allow.admin configurable is set to 1, Perforce administrators, in addition to Perforce superusers, can also use p4 protects -a, -g, and -u.

Related Commands

To edit the protections table

p4 protect