Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:17:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Files with nonexistent groups Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410150846.355D-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199804101744.LAA00726@lariat.lariat.org>
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On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Brett Glass wrote: > Was just browsing the file system of a server that had been upgraded > from 2.1.1-RELEASE to 2.2.2-RELEASE, in preparation for upgrading > it AGAIN to 2.2.6. As I did so, I noticed that some of the device > nodes in /dev belonged to group #86, which didn't have a name or exist > in /etc/groups. I also noticed that some files created by the > Qualcomm POP daemon belonged to group #6, which also had no > name. > > What are these groups? Do they have standard names? And why do > the files and device nodes belong to them? Files are really owned by UID number and GID number. A file which is created on someone elses system may have a "lingering" UID, GID from that system depending on how the files migrated to your system. If the UID/GID is not in your '/etc/group' or '/etc/password' then the 'ls' command will report the UID/GID _number_ as user or group owner. This may be utter nonsense on your system. To fix it just do a 'chown' on the files. That GID 6 is missing is odd though. GID 6 is the mail group, which is a group that is installed by default. This should be in your '/etc/group' >From my group file mail:*:6: Have fun, | Stop warning me about the latest virus. Learn more... Jason Wells | http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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