Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 08:07:44 -0700 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> Subject: Re: Stupid working too late.. Message-ID: <200509090807.45065.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20050908213243.03e27c60@cobalt.antimatter.net> References: <200509082058.40370.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <6.2.3.4.2.20050908213243.03e27c60@cobalt.antimatter.net>
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On Thursday 08 September 2005 21:35, the author Glenn Dawson contributed to the dialogue on- Re: Stupid working too late..: >At 08:58 PM 9/8/2005, Vizion wrote: >>OK >> >>Here is what I did before i packed up - having been working late >> >>just changed ownerships of files in a virtual web >> >>chown -R www ./* >> >>fine >> >>folllowed by change of group with the dreaded typo of: >> >>chown -R www /* >>oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooops >> >>fortunately hit crt c pretty damn quick but some damage was done. >> >>While I limited the damage I wanted to double check which of the standard >> os file hierarchies are meant to be in group "operator" and also owned by >> root. That seems to be the only doubt I have the rest was easily >> recovered. >> >>Any help appreciated > >mtree -U -f foo >where foo is the appropriate file(s) from /etc/mtree should do that >trick for ya. > >-Glenn Thank you so much good one david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit.
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