Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 23:45:31 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: David Banning <david+dated+1431716630.bb1941@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: permissions and ownership of /usr/src Message-ID: <20150510234531.f2398880.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20150510190342.GA9986@skytracker.ca> References: <20150510190342.GA9986@skytracker.ca>
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On Sun, 10 May 2015 15:03:44 -0400, David Banning wrote: > I am in the process of upgrading my system from 8.2 to 9.3. > > I deleted the /usr/src folder and re-created it. The correct word is "directory". :-) > Presently the permissions > are; > > drwxr-xr-x 22 root wheel 1024 May 9 17:32 src > > but I am getting an access error to /usr/src from mergemaster. What exactly is the error message? > Can anyone tell me what the permissions - ownership are/should > be for /usr/src ? /usr/src should belong to root:wheel and have rwxr-xr-x permissions (those are the defaults). Does mergemaster indicate an error for /usr/src itself or for a subdirectory thereof? You probably can restore /usr/src by using the mtree specification in /etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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