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Re: OS File Permission issue (chown -R root.root ../)



On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 06:14:16PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Simon wrote:
> > OK.. So i was in my /root/ directory and put just one too many "."s in
> > the line... Now i have a lot of files that i own!!
> > 
> > I think the term is "DOH!".
> > 
> > Is there any way to fix these?
> 
> Personally I would install a chroot on my system, install in the
> chroot all of the packages that I have installed in the root system,
> and then compare the ownership of all files between the two.  Using
> that information I would fix the parent system.  When done, remove the
> chroot.  Here is some reference documentation.

nice solution Bob!

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