From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 11:23:39 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B173902 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:23:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net) Received: from smtp-out01.alice-dsl.net (smtp-out01.alice-dsl.net [88.44.60.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C663D23D for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:23:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out.alice-dsl.de ([192.168.125.60]) by smtp-out01.alice-dsl.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:23:31 +0100 Received: from [85.182.20.89] ([85.182.20.89]) by out.alice-dsl.de over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:23:09 +0100 Message-ID: <1359458589.2199.32.camel@precise> Subject: Re: How to fix a broken owner for files from world & build from ports? From: Ralf Mardorf To: FreeBSD Questions Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:23:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20130129090819.GA1372@tiny.Sisis.de> References: <20130129082806.GA2035@holstein.holy.cow> <20130129090819.GA1372@tiny.Sisis.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jan 2013 11:23:09.0980 (UTC) FILETIME=[04AB95C0:01CDFE13] 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 11:23:39 -0000 On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 10:08 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: > This is a mayor damage and can only be repaired by a new installation. Perhaps true, but if such a simple mistake can't be fixed, what happens when somebody makes a big mistake? Perhaps more people stay with Linux than other *NIX, regarding to the policy, that issues should be fixed instead of always starting from the beginning. ;)? Of course, if I simply would restore from a dump, it will be less time consuming and it wouldn't annoy you, but I would have the bad feeling, that if ever needed, thinks can't be fixed, I always would have to restore from backups. And what happens, if for what reason ever a backup shouldn't be available? 2 Cents, Ralf