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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:47:07 -0700
From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
To: Mike Price <bipolor@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How do I unchown a directory after I: chown -R /etc ???
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On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 02:25:54AM -0700, Mike Price wrote:
> How do I unchown a directory after I: chown -R /etc

You can't.  Restore /etc from backups.

And ***please*** stop posting this stuff to -hackers.  It is not the
appropriate list for it.  Start using -questions.

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| Jeremy Chadwick                                jdc at parodius.com |
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