From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 8 10:12:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA23723 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 8 May 1996 10:12:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.digital.com (mail1.digital.com [204.123.2.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA23718 for ; Wed, 8 May 1996 10:12:09 -0700 (PDT) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com by mail1.digital.com (5.65 EXP 4/12/95 for V3.2/1.0/WV) id AA12943; Wed, 8 May 1996 10:04:59 -0700 Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA03648; Wed, 8 May 1996 19:04:50 +0200 Message-Id: <9605081704.AA03648@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: questions%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com In-Reply-To: Message from Sean Kelly of Wed, 08 May 96 09:17:15 MDT. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: Please Help ... I am locked out of a FreeBSD machine Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 08 May 96 19:04:50 +0200 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk kelly@fsl.noaa.gov writes: [lots of good advice deleted] > If it does, the best way to proceed is to restore from backup tape. > This way, you won't have to worry about what the correct owner is for > all those various files. > If /usr/src is installed, why not just bo a make hierarchy ? That sets all the permissions, doesn't it ? --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org