Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:21:03 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: deepcore <bo@visfeldt.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd based server lacking chown command, where to get it. Message-ID: <20080212172103.GB62034@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> 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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On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 08:49:22AM -0800, 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. That is most likely because it is not in your path. It you had typed '/usr/sbin/chown ...' then it would probably work. The better thing is to put /usr/sbin in your standard path. You can to that in .login. The handbook and man pages cover modifying your path. ////jerry > > 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? > > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Freebsd-based-server-lacking-chown-command%2C-where-to-get-it.-tp15427115p15435319.html > Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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