Re: lost file ownerships in etc?
Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> writes:
> On 6/18/14, Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> wrote:
>> Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> writes:
>>
>>> Unfortunately I have so many packages installed, it would be a rather
>>> large chroot once done, just to get ownerships back. Theoretically
>>> do-able though... thanks.
>>>
>>> I have been hoping that there was something inside etckeeper that
>>> would make this much easier. I'll do some more research.
>>
>> Had you looked at the /etc/.etckeeper file? It contains chmod, chown,
>> and chgrp lines for the files in /etc.
>
> Superb. When that was previously mentioned, I thought it was a mistake
> for ".git". <slaps forehead>
>
> Do I assume "first chown --recursive root.root /etc/" ?
That appears to be the default. Sorry for not mentioning that
previously.
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Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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