On Wed, 21 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Reposting message with slight modifications as I haven't got any answer yet. > ----- > Hi, > > Some files under /var and /usr are normally owned by root:systemgroup > were the string systemgroup above can be root, staff, adm , mail, news ...etc > > Q: Will the bootup break something if the ownership of /var/... are set to > root:root instead?
In a word, yes, or alternately, you will leave gapping security holes. If you have a friend with a working linux box, ask him to do a find / -ls > trashfile, and mail you the results. You can then construct a script that reads this file, and executes chmod/chown as appropriate. Alternately, start over with a clean root file system. Sherwood Botsford |Unsolicited email that advertises commercial Physics Dept |activities will consitute a request for U of Alberta |spellchecking of all words of less than three Edmonton, AB, |characters. I charge $US500 for this service. T6G 2J1 |There is no warranty of correctness of this service.
