[NTLUG:Discuss] who should own lost+found

[kbrannen@gte.net]

Fred James wrote:
> I am having trouble locating any clear documentation on "lost+found" 
> (ext2).
> On some systems, some mount points created during install must have 
> their owner:group changed from "root:root" to "otheruser:othergroup".
> Who then, should own the "lost+found" directories found in those mount 
> points (directories)?
> Thank you in advance for any guidance you may offer.
> 

Mount points may be owned by whomever.  "lost+found" dirs should always be 
owned by root.root and have perms of 700.  E.g. "ls -ld /lost+found" gives:

drwx------    2 root     root        16384 Jun  3  2002 /lost+found

HTH,
Kevin