owner of /etc /boot and / (related to can't su thread???)
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Fri Jul 8 08:38:35 UTC 2005
On 7/8/05, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
> Am Fr, den 08.07.2005 schrieb Shawn um 8:13:
>
> > quite recently I mistakenly did something like chown -R jr /
> >
> > and got a few error messages before I could kill the process.
> >
> > Anyway, does this look odd for ownership
> >
> > [jr at bb497-175 root]$ ls -lat / | grep jr
> > drwxr-xr-x 81 jr root 12288 Jul 8 14:43 etc
> > drwxr-xr-x 23 jr root 4096 Jul 8 14:39 .
> > drwxr-xr-x 23 jr root 4096 Jul 8 14:39 ..
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 jr root 1024 Jul 8 08:28 boot
> >
> > I wonder if etc and boot shouldn't properly be owned by root?
>
> Sure, they have to be root owned.
>
> > Dare I try changing them back?
>
> If you did really execute above command "chown -R jr /", then ownership
> change happened recursive so that too the owner below those dirs
> changed. You should use "find -uid N" to find out. All /boot content is
> root owned, nearly everything below /etc should so too.
>
> > Shawn
>
> Alexander
>
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Not everything under /et is root owned. From an "everything" install:
# find /etc ! -user root -ls
231587 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 4096 Jun 22 20:56 /etc/news
231622 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 114 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/subscriptions
231605 12 -rw-r----- 1 news news 5353 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/incoming.conf
231617 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 597 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/passwd.nntp
231620 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 116 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/sasl.conf
231599 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 382 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/actsync.ign
231610 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 185 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/motd.news
231613 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 516 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/nnrpd.track
231598 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 155 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/actsync.cfg
231601 96 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 87179 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/control.ctl
231608 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 2120 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/innwatch.ctl
231606 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 3179 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/innfeed.conf
231612 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 4970 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/newsfeeds
231618 8 -rw-r----- 1 news news 1758 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/radius.conf
231615 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 4939 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/ovdb.conf
231603 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 495 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/distrib.pats
231597 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 41 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/.profile
231602 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 859 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/cycbuff.conf
231619 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 4743 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/readers.conf
231609 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 1158 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/moderators
231611 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 609 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/news2mail.cf
231616 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 340 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/overview.fmt
231621 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 1430 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/storage.conf
231607 80 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 72399 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/innreport.conf
231614 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 583 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/nntpsend.ctl
231604 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 1424 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/expire.ctl
239053 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 7323 Sep 21 2004
/etc/news/cleanfeed.conf
231600 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 304 Apr 7 06:36
/etc/news/buffindexed.conf
435184 8 -rw------- 1 nut root 1420 Mar 10 18:01
/etc/ups/upsset.conf
430426 16 -r-------- 1 nut nut 11131 Mar 10 18:01
/etc/ups/upsmon.conf
430427 8 -r-------- 1 nut nut 3884 Mar 10 18:01
/etc/ups/upssched.conf
2749624 12 -rwxr-x--- 1 news news 4385 Apr 7 06:36 /etc/rc.news
2749539 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 0 Apr 22 14:58
/etc/amandates
3304627 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 privoxy privoxy 4096 Jun 22 21:05 /etc/privoxy
3304629 44 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 39617 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/default.action
3304632 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 3366 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/trust
3304628 36 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 31285 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/config
3435057 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 privoxy privoxy 4096 Jun 22 21:05
/etc/privoxy/templates
3435083 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4452 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/show-request
3435064 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5012 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-modified
3435069 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 6107 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-add-url-form
3435071 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 602 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-for-url-filter
3435068 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 3769 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/default
3435090 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5728 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/untrusted
3435082 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4730 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/no-such-domain
3435062 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 3877 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-file
3435074 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5086 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list-section
3435063 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4347 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-file-read-only
3435060 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4930 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-bad-param
3435079 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 1243 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/mod-support-and-service
3435070 44 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 37799 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-for-url
3435067 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4640 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/connect-failed
3435072 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 12888 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list
3435077 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 6199 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-url-form
3435066 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4839 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-style.css
3435080 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 296 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/mod-title
3435059 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4615 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-404
3435089 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 3489 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/toggle-mini
3435065 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4965 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-parse
3435061 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4201 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-disabled
3435058 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 9468 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/blocked
3435076 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5863 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-remove-url-form
3435084 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 12471 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/show-status
3435073 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 2230 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list-button
3435086 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5316 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/show-url-info
3435087 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4859 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/show-version
3435078 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 523 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/mod-local-help
3435088 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 7153 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/toggle
3435075 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 3583 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list-url
3435085 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4180 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/show-status-file
3435081 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 325 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/templates/mod-unstable-warning
3304633 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 5928 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/user.action
3304630 36 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 28943 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/default.filter
3304631 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 privoxy privoxy 4122 Mar 2 07:09
/etc/privoxy/standard.action
2739632 8 -rw-r----- 1 ident ident 83 Jun 22 20:21
/etc/ident.key
231369 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 amanda disk 4096 Jun 22 20:51 /etc/amanda
231452 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 500 Apr 22 14:58
/etc/amanda/crontab.sample
231449 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda disk 4096 Jun 22 20:51
/etc/amanda/DailySet1
231451 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 2099 Apr 22 14:58
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist
231450 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 17638 Apr 22 14:58
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf
3173299 8 drwxr-x--x 2 quagga quagga 4096 Jun 22 20:50 /etc/quagga
3173308 8 -rw-r----- 1 quagga quagga 31 Jun 22 20:50
/etc/quagga/zebra.conf
3173306 8 -rwxr-x--- 1 quagga quaggavt 128 Apr 4 14:17
/etc/quagga/vtysh.conf.sample
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