From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 9 00:27:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA23367 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 00:27:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.5.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA23361; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 00:27:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr06.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA08774; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 01:27:22 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr06.primenet.com(206.165.6.206) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd008767; Sun Nov 9 01:27:18 1997 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA18715; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 01:27:15 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199711090827.BAA18715@usr06.primenet.com> Subject: Re: VIEWING / PERMS-OWNER To: randyk@ccsales.com (Randy Katz) Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 08:27:15 +0000 (GMT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Randy Katz" at Nov 8, 97 09:17:06 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Is there any way to view the permissions on the "/" directory? And to > view the ownership/group on it? BTW, in case you were asking for the reason I think you were asking (since there really isn't another reason to ask 8-)), there is no underlying mount point for the "/" directory, so there are no permissions on the mount point that can screw you up. If you are seeing odd behaviour, it's some other problem.. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.