From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 08:25:50 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58CD888D for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:25:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11644F58 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:25:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=C91rOHz+ c=1 sm=0 a=lLOF/jpPrR0dcgWXP1EvZg==:17 a=xCuMbNp8hPoA:10 a=IC4q_LfJv7IA:10 a=R5FhY6rjjCMA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=Ymsr-CWnAAAA:8 a=Jr-I1VLpokkA:10 a=LrC7ZQYOGBfuK-jjddUA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=lLOF/jpPrR0dcgWXP1EvZg==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 204.210.114.114 Received: from [204.210.114.114] ([204.210.114.114:59787] helo=localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com) by hrndva-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 62/58-27917-78787015; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:25:43 +0000 Received: by localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5744B5D05; Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:28:06 -1000 (HST) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:28:06 -1000 From: parv To: Ralf Mardorf Subject: Re: How to fix a broken owner for files from world & build from ports? Message-ID: <20130129082806.GA2035@holstein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Ralf Mardorf , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:25:50 -0000 in message , wrote Ralf Mardorf thusly... > > Hi :) > > I hope it's ok, when I open a new thread for this issue. > First I need to know what files have a bad owner. > > I'm running > # freebsd-update IDS >> outfile_28Jan2013.ids > perhaps this will give some useful output, regarding to a wrong owner for > files from world. > > It's still running. > > I still have no idea how to check this for the files build from ports. If I understand your problem correctly, it is of incorrect owner & group. If so, are there any problems with just running "chown -R" on the parent directory (say /usr/local, where ports are installed by default)? - parv --