On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 06:14:16PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Simon wrote: > > OK.. So i was in my /root/ directory and put just one too many "."s in > > the line... Now i have a lot of files that i own!! > > > > I think the term is "DOH!". > > > > Is there any way to fix these? > > Personally I would install a chroot on my system, install in the > chroot all of the packages that I have installed in the root system, > and then compare the ownership of all files between the two. Using > that information I would fix the parent system. When done, remove the > chroot. Here is some reference documentation. > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tips.en.html#s-chroot
You shouldn't have to compare and chown manually...
Once you've installed the chroot (e.g. in /mnt/foobar) then this should
do the trick:
# cd /mnt/foobar
# find . -print0 |
xargs --max-args=1 -I@ -0 -- \
chown --reference /mnt/foobar/@ /@
(double-check the syntax - this is from memory)
PS: Considered restoring from backups?
Hope this helps
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