From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 22:56:55 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA7F016A4CF for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:56:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E80943D1F for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:56:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dougb@freebsd.org) Received: from [192.168.0.3] (c-24-130-110-32.we.client2.attbi.com[24.130.110.32]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2005021322565501300mdkg0e>; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:56:55 +0000 Message-ID: <420FDB35.2080500@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:56:53 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kenneth W Cochran References: <200502110700.CAA2221314@shell.TheWorld.com> <200502111248.HAA2236362@shell.TheWorld.com> <200502111358.IAA2201639@shell.TheWorld.com> <200502111701.MAA2233749@shell.TheWorld.com> In-Reply-To: <200502111701.MAA2233749@shell.TheWorld.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.90.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Scot Hetzel cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fixed: 5.3-stable doesn't ifconfig at startup X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:56:55 -0000 Kenneth W Cochran wrote: > How can I make sure that I have "correct"/proper owner:group:mode > within the "system?" It looks to me like install{world,kernel} > fix them but what of /etc? In other words, how can I "audit" the > permissions in the system in general and /etc in particular? That depends on what your goals are. As you surmise, the installworld target will handle the permissions for the system generally. One of the main reasons mergemaster was written was to handle these issues for /etc. > Can mergemaster preserve the file modification time(s) of what it > installs (from /usr/src/*)? The short answer is no, it has no interest in that. But I'm curious, why do you care? Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection