Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:27:12 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Price <bipolor@gmail.com> Subject: Re: How do I unchown a directory after I: chown -R /etc ??? Message-ID: <861vz2kjy7.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20080930094707.GB42893@icarus.home.lan> (Jeremy Chadwick's message of "Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:47:07 -0700") References: <a15f9fba0809300225p2b5f173fged166cbb7efed137@mail.gmail.com> <20080930094707.GB42893@icarus.home.lan>
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Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Mike Price <bipolor@gmail.com> writes: > > How do I unchown a directory after I: chown -R /etc > You can't. Restore /etc from backups. Better solution: use mtree to generate a spec file from a clean tree and apply it. You can get a clean copy of etc in /var/tmp/temproot by running mergemaster and answering no to every question. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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