From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 23 20:58:17 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B65616A46E for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 20:58:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC3A413C45D for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 20:58:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4NKwDbs059360; Wed, 23 May 2007 22:58:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CCC44B826; Wed, 23 May 2007 22:58:12 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 22:58:12 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Martin McCormick Message-ID: <20070523205812.GD3705@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Martin McCormick , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200705232031.l4NKVRRk000126@dc.cis.okstate.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="veXX9dWIonWZEC6h" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200705232031.l4NKVRRk000126@dc.cis.okstate.edu> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't Figure out What I Did to Our Environment FreeBSD6.2. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 20:58:17 -0000 --veXX9dWIonWZEC6h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 03:31:27PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > I discovered that the "file" utility works for some > accounts on a new FreeBSD system but not others. When it > doesn't work, the response is: >=20 > file: could not find any magic files! >=20 > If I am su'd to root, me, or any of several other > accounts on the system, I get that same error. Still other user > ID's in the same class can use file just fine. > Any other suggestions at what I should look at? This is > one of those dumb things that is driving me crazy today.:-) All > I know is I probably caused this but I am at a loss as to how. Maybe the ownership and/or permissions of /usr/share/misc are wrong? Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --veXX9dWIonWZEC6h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGVKrkEnfvsMMhpyURAnTgAJ4/5L305Mlnbwd5PysgXhP0w/g/ywCgn45o nolOjKn0BtHhpepa5hTOJE0= =ndyQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --veXX9dWIonWZEC6h--