My original question:
> I added Rsherry to the /etc/passwd file to have the same uid and
> gid as root. Somehow all the files and dirctories originally owned by
> root are now owned by Rsherry. Command "chown" will not do anything,
> because Rsherry has the same uid as root. I deleted Rsherry from the
> passwd file hoping that will put things back to what they were. But
> they remain the same. It is really annoying.
>
> How can I have them changed back to owned by root?
Answer:
Remove /etc/passwd.pag and /etc/passwd.dir. :-) I figured it out
by trussing "ls -l /".
Sherry
Received on Sun Jun 18 1995 - 19:02:03 NZST