Hi You can use the rpm command to let it compile a list of what is wrong with your system, provided you installed most of it from rpms. See http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/drafts/rpm-guide-en for more info. You might want to skip pages until you come to the relevant page though. With kind regards Andy On Tuesday 22 November 2005 04:04, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > This is why I tell people I know that vacation for me doesn't mean a > dang thing...it's just another working day for me. This morning I > received an e-mail from a client that has his machine co-located with > me. It seems over the weekend he screwed with "something" which caused > several things on the system to quit working. After hunting for a bit > (and looking at his .bash_history) I figured that he ran a few 'chown' > commands in places like /usr/sbin and lord knows where else. So, now > I'm trying to figure out if: > > a) I need rebuild his machine from scratch, or > b) if there's some way that I can verify binary permissions and what > not, possibly by running some rpm verify command? I don't know. > > Part of me wants to simply rebuild the machine, but at the same time > I don't have time to go through this right now. > > -- > R | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. > +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@xxxxxxxxxx> . 303.442.6410 x130 > IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130 > Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6 > http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A. -- Now listening to Top! Radio Live www.topradio.be/stream on amaroK Geek code: www.vlaamse-kern.com/geek Registered Linux User No 379093 If life was for sale, what would be its price? www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/ for free php utilities --
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