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Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Price <bipolor@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How do I unchown a directory after I: chown -R /etc ???
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Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> Mike Price <bipolor@gmail.com> writes:
> > How do I unchown a directory after I: chown -R /etc
> You can't.  Restore /etc from backups.

Better solution: use mtree to generate a spec file from a clean tree and
apply it.  You can get a clean copy of etc in /var/tmp/temproot by
running mergemaster and answering no to every question.

DES
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