> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of David A. Woyciesjes > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 8:36 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] chown command goof up > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: David Woyciesjes [mailto:david.woyciesjes at yale.edu] > >> > >> 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. > > Thanks Ross. I didn't do anything with file permissions > (that I'm aware > of), so I shouldn't have to use the --setperms, right? > > Just tried rpm --setugids `rpm -qa`, and got "sh: line > 2: package: > command not found". Now to figure out where that one comes from... Make sure popt is installed, which version of CentOS is this? -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.