> -----Original Message----- > From: David Woyciesjes [mailto:david.woyciesjes at yale.edu] > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 7:09 PM > To: CentOS mailing list; Ross S. W. Walker > Cc: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] chown command goof up > > Quoting "Ross S. W. Walker" <rwalker at medallion.com>: > > > > > Yup, just popt aliases, found in /usr/lib/rpm/rpmpopt-4.3.3 > > > > rpm alias --setperms -q --qf '[\[ -L %{FILENAMES:shescape} \] || > > chmod %7.7{FILEMODES:octal} %{FILENAMES:shescape}\n]' \ > > --pipe "grep -v \(none\) | sed 's/chmod > .../chmod /' > > | sh" \ > > --POPTdesc=$"set permissions of files in a package" > > > > rpm alias --setugids -q --qf \ > > '[ch %{FILEUSERNAME:shescape} %{FILEGROUPNAME:shescape} > > %{FILENAMES:shescape}\n]' \ > > --pipe "(echo 'ch() { chown -- \"$1\" \"$3\";chgrp -- \"$2\" > > \"$3\"; }';grep -v \(none\))|sh" \ > > --POPTdesc=$"set user/group ownership of files in a package" > > So if I'm following this right, then I just need to run > rpm --setugids `rpm > -qa` as root, from /, and this should set the owner & groups > on all files, as > appropriate? Except for of course the files in /home? > As for my original plan, I saw krename in yum. At first > glance, that looks > like it should do what I wanted. Anyone have experience with it? Not sure what krename does, but yes an rpm --setugids `rpm -qa` and an rpm --setperms `rpm -qa` will reset all file perms and ownership for all files managed under RPM. I gave a simple awk command to reset the perms in /home in an earlier post, basically using awk to parse the passwd fields and then issuing a shell statement with them. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.