From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 8 13:47:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA23670 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 8 May 1996 13:47:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.digital.com (mail1.digital.com [204.123.2.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA23663 for ; Wed, 8 May 1996 13:47:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov by mail1.digital.com (5.65 EXP 4/12/95 for V3.2/1.0/WV) id AA22903; Wed, 8 May 1996 13:43:51 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA21716; Wed, 8 May 96 20:42:28 GMT Message-Id: <9605082042.AA21716@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA262758070; Wed, 8 May 1996 14:41:10 -0600 Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 14:41:10 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Cc: questions%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com In-Reply-To: <9605081704.AA03648@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> (garyj@frt.dec.com) Subject: Re: Please Help ... I am locked out of a FreeBSD machine Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Gary" == garyj writes: Gary> kelly@fsl.noaa.gov writes: [lots of good advice deleted] >> If it does, the best way to proceed is to restore from backup >> tape. This way, you won't have to worry about what the correct >> owner is for all those various files. Gary> If /usr/src is installed, why not just bo a make hierarchy ? Gary> That sets all the permissions, doesn't it ? Good question ... I've never tried it. I'm still treating FreeBSD as a commercial system. One of these days, I'm going to get used to having the complete OS sources around! :-) -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/