Hello
I just hosed one of my boxes by recursively setting all my file permissions incorrectly: $ su $ cd /data $ chown -R andrew:wheel * $ chown -R andrew:wheel .* For some reason the last command was interpreted as: $ chown -R andrew:wheel /* I just cvsuped to 4.7 a few days ago, still running 4.7-RELEASE GENERIC kernel. Why does the behaviour of chown change when u r root? Surely this is a bug? And what the hell is this crap in the man page about -R: -R Change the user ID and/or the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted in the files instead of just the files themselves. As always, any assistance is appreciated! Cheers, -- Andrew Cutler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message