On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 08:14 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Shawn wrote: ... > >Dare I try changing them back? > > > > > I would at least try. I'd do something like ... > > $ su - But he said he couldn't "su". Can you login as root in a virtual console? > # chown root /* > # ls -ld /* > # (verify ownership) Assuming login as root succeeds, I'd do: # chown -R root /boot /etc # cd / # chown root . .. # find / -type d -user jr | less This will show only directories (change "d" to "f" to see files). Inspect results and change ownership back as required - similar to /boot and /etc example above. As Alexander pointed out, not all /etc files should be owned by root: # find /etc ! -user root -ls 1902112 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 amanda disk 4096 Jun 17 13:01 /etc/amanda 1902351 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda disk 4096 Jun 17 13:01 /etc/amanda/DailySet1 1902353 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 2099 Feb 17 18:59 /etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist 1902352 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 17638 Feb 17 18:59 /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf 1902354 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 500 Feb 17 18:59 /etc/amanda/crontab.sample 1215137 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 0 Feb 17 18:59 /etc/amandates 1902490 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 4096 Jun 17 13:01 /etc/news 1902514 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 4742 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/newsfeeds 1902519 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 597 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/passwd.nntp 1902516 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 583 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/nntpsend.ctl 1902517 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 2052 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/ovdb.conf 1902520 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 2115 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/radius.conf 1902500 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 164 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/actsync.cfg 1902515 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 516 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/nnrpd.track 1902502 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 304 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/buffindexed.conf 1902499 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 41 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/.profile 1902510 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 2120 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/innwatch.ctl 1902513 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 609 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/news2mail.cf 1902524 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 114 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/subscriptions 1902508 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 3141 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/innfeed.conf 1902518 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 340 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/overview.fmt 1902507 12 -rw-r----- 1 news news 5353 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/incoming.conf 1902512 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 185 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/motd.news 1902501 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 375 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/actsync.ign 1902505 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 495 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/distrib.pats 1902506 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 1428 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/expire.ctl 1902504 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 859 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/cycbuff.conf 1902522 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 117 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/sasl.conf 1902521 12 -rw-r----- 1 news news 4747 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/readers.conf 1902511 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 1127 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/moderators 1902523 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 1109 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/storage.conf 1902503 92 -rw-r----- 1 news news 82161 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/control.ctl 1902509 72 -rw-r----- 1 news news 63409 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/news/innreport.conf 1708120 8 drwxr-x--x 2 quagga quagga 4096 Jun 17 13:01 /etc/quagga 1708127 8 -rwxr-x--- 1 quagga quaggavt 126 Feb 17 22:06 /etc/quagga/vtysh.conf.sample 1708129 8 -rw-r----- 1 quagga quagga 31 Jun 17 13:01 /etc/quagga/zebra.conf 1213184 8 -rw-r----- 1 ident ident 83 Jun 17 12:53 /etc/ident.key 1215276 12 -rwxr-x--- 1 news news 4574 Feb 18 07:07 /etc/rc.news > # exit > $ _ > > It's unlikely to make much difference, since the *group* > is still root, and anything that "logs in" as something other > than root is either going to suid to root, or will log in as > something with root priviledge, or log in as something with > the root as group. > > It would just make me a little nervous, anyway. Yes. On the other query about an FC4 upgrade fixing permissions - probably some but not others. Not all config files will be replaced on an upgrade. OTOH may be worth a shot if you can't log in as root with the current mess, of fixing perms as described fails to correct all problems. Phil
