# Data Object - GuestPosixFileAttributes(vim.vm.guest.FileManager.PosixFileAttributes)

Extends
  GuestFileAttributes
Since
  vSphere API 5.0

## Data Object Description

Different attributes for Posix guest file.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
groupId* | xsd:int | The group ID. If this property is not specified when passing a GuestPosixFileAttributes object to InitiateFileTransferToGuest, the default value will be the group Id of the user who invoked the file transfer operation.
ownerId* | xsd:int | The owner ID. If this property is not specified when passing a GuestPosixFileAttributes object to InitiateFileTransferToGuest, the default value will be the owner Id of the user who invoked the file transfer operation.
permissions* | xsd:long | The file permissions. When creating a file with InitiateFileTransferToGuest, these are in chmod(2) format. When reporting on existing files, these are in stat(2) format. If this property is not specified when passing a GuestPosixFileAttributes object to InitiateFileTransferToGuest, the file will be created with 0644 permissions.
Properties inherited from GuestFileAttributes
accessTime, modificationTime, symlinkTarget
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="GuestPosixFileAttributes"> <complexContent> <extension base="vim25:GuestFileAttributes"> <sequence> <element name="ownerId" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="groupId" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="permissions" type="xsd:long" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>