Add the methods to change and get a posix file permission to file_util.

base/file_util_posix.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "base/file_util.h"
 
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <fnmatch.h>
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   if (count <= 0) {
     target_path->clear();
     return false;
   }
 
   *target_path = FilePath(FilePath::StringType(buf, count));
   return true;
 }
 
+bool GetPosixFilePermissions(const FilePath& path, int* mode) {
+  base::ThreadRestrictions::AssertIOAllowed();
+  DCHECK(mode);
+
+  stat_wrapper_t file_info;
+  // Uses stat(), because on symbolic link, lstat() may not return valid
+  // information in the permission bits st_mode.
+  if (CallStat(path.value().c_str(), &file_info) != 0)
+    return false;
+
+  *mode = file_info.st_mode & FILE_PERMISSION_MASK;
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool SetPosixFilePermissions(const FilePath& path,
+                             int mode) {
+  base::ThreadRestrictions::AssertIOAllowed();
+  DCHECK((mode & ~FILE_PERMISSION_MASK) == 0);
+
+  stat_wrapper_t stat_buf;
+  if (CallStat(path.value().c_str(), &stat_buf) != 0)
+    return false;
+
+  mode_t updated_mode_bits = stat_buf.st_mode & ~FILE_PERMISSION_MASK;
+  updated_mode_bits |= mode & FILE_PERMISSION_MASK;
+
+  if (HANDLE_EINTR(chmod(path.value().c_str(), updated_mode_bits)) != 0)
+    return false;
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool ChangePosixFilePermissions(const FilePath& path,
+                                int mode_bits_to_set,
+                                int mode_bits_to_clear) {
+  base::ThreadRestrictions::AssertIOAllowed();
+  DCHECK((mode_bits_to_set & ~FILE_PERMISSION_MASK) == 0);
+  DCHECK((mode_bits_to_clear & ~FILE_PERMISSION_MASK) == 0);
+  DCHECK(!(mode_bits_to_set & mode_bits_to_clear))
+      << "Can't set and clear the same bits.";
+
+  int mode;
+  if (!GetPosixFilePermissions(path, &mode))
+    return false;
+
+  mode |= mode_bits_to_set;
+  mode &= ~mode_bits_to_clear;
+
+  if (SetPosixFilePermissions(path, mode))
+    return false;
+
+  return true;
+}
+
 // Creates and opens a temporary file in |directory|, returning the
 // file descriptor. |path| is set to the temporary file path.
 // This function does NOT unlink() the file.
 int CreateAndOpenFdForTemporaryFile(FilePath directory, FilePath* path) {
   base::ThreadRestrictions::AssertIOAllowed();  // For call to mkstemp().
   *path = directory.Append(TempFileName());
   const std::string& tmpdir_string = path->value();
   // this should be OK since mkstemp just replaces characters in place
   char* buffer = const_cast<char*>(tmpdir_string.c_str());
 
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     allowed_group_ids.insert(group_record->gr_gid);
   }
 
   return VerifyPathControlledByUser(
       kFileSystemRoot, path, kRootUid, allowed_group_ids);
 }
 #endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX)
 
 }  // namespace file_util