On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 09:46:53PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > I accidentally made all the files on my system owned by > me and am trying to get them back to where they should be. I did this about 2-3 weeks ago, although all to root (damned cold). it was only a test machine, just going to build a new one machine (virtual or real) and copy over the permission a > > Is there any utility that at least gets all the system > files back to proper ownership? > > Most everything was owned by root and changing > everything back to that except for user files was easy but the > one thing that doesn't work from a user account is su - > > Originally, auth.log reported that unix_ckpwd wasn't > happy and I got that application set back to its correct > permission, but pam_unix still complains. The libraries are set > right, but somewhere is a file with the wrong ownership and no > clue as to what it is. > > The /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files are right. > > Is there either a utility that will complain or fix the > permissions? > > Surely I am not the first person to do something stupid > like this. > > su does work from root to a user ID but not in reverse. > > Somewhat embarrassed, > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "I've been talking to Vicente Fox, the new president of Mexico... I know him... to have gas and oil sent to U.S. so we'll not depend on foreign oil..." - George W. Bush 10/03/2000 From the first Presidential debate
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