Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:18:31 +0000 From: Hugo Silva <hugo@barafranca.com> To: deepcore <bo@visfeldt.dk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd based server lacking chown command, where to get it. Message-ID: <47B1D4E7.6000001@barafranca.com> In-Reply-To: <15435319.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <15427115.post@talk.nabble.com> <20080212091325.Q2271@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <15435319.post@talk.nabble.com>
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deepcore wrote: > > > >> <chown is in /usr/sbin/> >> >> > > ok. I get that, and i found it > I can, however not execute it. > whenever i go to the usr/sbin and type "chown" i get > chown: Command not found. > > i find this pretty strange as ls -l shows: > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6688 Jan 12 2007 chown > > shouldn't this mean that the file is excecutable by all? > even tried to switch to root first (just executing su) > > ... > What i am more specifically trying to do is change the ownership of all the > directories and files on a specific disk, mounted as /mnt/moviedisk, to the > user that is supposed to own them. > > Any surgestions? What am i doing wrong as i cannot execute the chown > command? > > > /usr/sbin/chown cd /usr/sbin; ./chown Hugo
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