On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 10:08:59AM -0700, Tonnesen Steve wrote:
> Why is conversion of old systems so difficult? If mail changed from uid 8
> to uid 7, for example, wouldn't:
>
> find -uid 8 -exec chown mail \{\} \;
> find -gid 8 -exec chgrp mail \{\} \;
>
> do the trick? After changing mail from 8 to 7 in the passwd files, of
No. That would strip s[gu]id bits from programs.
Mike Stone
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