On 7/8/05, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Fr, den 08.07.2005 schrieb Shawn um 8:13: > > > quite recently I mistakenly did something like chown -R jr / > > > > and got a few error messages before I could kill the process. > > > > Anyway, does this look odd for ownership > > > > [jr@bb497-175 root]$ ls -lat / | grep jr > > drwxr-xr-x 81 jr root 12288 Jul 8 14:43 etc > > drwxr-xr-x 23 jr root 4096 Jul 8 14:39 . > > drwxr-xr-x 23 jr root 4096 Jul 8 14:39 .. > > drwxr-xr-x 4 jr root 1024 Jul 8 08:28 boot > > > > I wonder if etc and boot shouldn't properly be owned by root? > > Sure, they have to be root owned. > > > Dare I try changing them back? > > If you did really execute above command "chown -R jr /", then ownership > change happened recursive so that too the owner below those dirs > changed. You should use "find -uid N" to find out. All /boot content is > root owned, nearly everything below /etc should so too. > > > Shawn > > Alexander > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 > legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html > Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC2smp > Serendipity 09:44:40 up 12 days, 16:36, load average: 2.87, 2.20, 1.09 > > > BodyID:71891065.2.n.logpart (stored separately) > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > Not everything under /et is root owned. From an "everything" install: # find /etc ! -user root -ls 231587 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 4096 Jun 22 20:56 /etc/news 231622 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 114 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/subscriptions 231605 12 -rw-r----- 1 news news 5353 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/incoming.conf 231617 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 597 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/passwd.nntp 231620 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 116 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/sasl.conf 231599 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 382 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/actsync.ign 231610 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 185 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/motd.news 231613 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 516 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/nnrpd.track 231598 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 155 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/actsync.cfg 231601 96 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 87179 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/control.ctl 231608 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 2120 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/innwatch.ctl 231606 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 3179 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/innfeed.conf 231612 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 4970 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/newsfeeds 231618 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 1758 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/radius.conf 231615 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 4939 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/ovdb.conf 231603 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 495 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/distrib.pats 231597 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 41 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/.profile 231602 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 859 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/cycbuff.conf 231619 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 4743 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/readers.conf 231609 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 1158 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/moderators 231611 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 609 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/news2mail.cf 231616 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 340 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/overview.fmt 231621 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 1430 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/storage.conf 231607 80 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 72399 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/innreport.conf 231614 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 583 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/nntpsend.ctl 231604 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 1424 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/expire.ctl 239053 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 7323 Sep 21 2004 /etc/news/cleanfeed.conf 231600 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 304 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/news/buffindexed.conf 435184 8 -rw------- 1 nut root 1420 Mar 10 18:01 /etc/ups/upsset.conf 430426 16 -r-------- 1 nut nut 11131 Mar 10 18:01 /etc/ups/upsmon.conf 430427 8 -r-------- 1 nut nut 3884 Mar 10 18:01 /etc/ups/upssched.conf 2749624 12 -rwxr-x--- 1 news news 4385 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/rc.news 2749539 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 0 Apr 22 14:58 /etc/amandates 3304627 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 privoxy privoxy 4096 Jun 22 21:05 /etc/privoxy 3304629 44 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 39617 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/default.action 3304632 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 3366 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/trust 3304628 36 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 31285 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/config 3435057 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 privoxy privoxy 4096 Jun 22 21:05 /etc/privoxy/templates 3435083 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4452 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/show-request 3435064 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5012 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-modified 3435069 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 6107 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-add-url-form 3435071 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 602 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-for-url-filter 3435068 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 3769 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/default 3435090 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5728 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/untrusted 3435082 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4730 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/no-such-domain 3435062 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 3877 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-file 3435074 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5086 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list-section 3435063 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4347 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-file-read-only 3435060 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4930 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-bad-param 3435079 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 1243 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/mod-support-and-service 3435070 44 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 37799 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-for-url 3435067 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4640 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/connect-failed 3435072 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 12888 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list 3435077 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 6199 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-url-form 3435066 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4839 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-style.css 3435080 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 296 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/mod-title 3435059 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4615 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-404 3435089 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 3489 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/toggle-mini 3435065 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4965 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-parse 3435061 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4201 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-disabled 3435058 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 9468 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/blocked 3435076 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5863 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-remove-url-form 3435084 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 12471 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/show-status 3435073 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 2230 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list-button 3435086 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5316 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/show-url-info 3435087 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4859 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/show-version 3435078 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 523 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/mod-local-help 3435088 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 7153 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/toggle 3435075 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 3583 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list-url 3435085 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4180 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/show-status-file 3435081 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 325 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/templates/mod-unstable-warning 3304633 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5928 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/user.action 3304630 36 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 28943 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/default.filter 3304631 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4122 Mar 2 07:09 /etc/privoxy/standard.action 2739632 8 -rw-r----- 1 ident ident 83 Jun 22 20:21 /etc/ident.key 231369 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 amanda disk 4096 Jun 22 20:51 /etc/amanda 231452 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 500 Apr 22 14:58 /etc/amanda/crontab.sample 231449 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda disk 4096 Jun 22 20:51 /etc/amanda/DailySet1 231451 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 2099 Apr 22 14:58 /etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist 231450 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 17638 Apr 22 14:58 /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf 3173299 8 drwxr-x--x 2 quagga quagga 4096 Jun 22 20:50 /etc/quagga 3173308 8 -rw-r----- 1 quagga quagga 31 Jun 22 20:50 /etc/quagga/zebra.conf 3173306 8 -rwxr-x--- 1 quagga quaggavt 128 Apr 4 14:17 /etc/quagga/vtysh.conf.sample