[NTLUG:Discuss] Restore owners

[Tom McDonald]

Greg Edwards wrote:
> How can I restore ownerships on a block of files on a RHEL system?  I
> know that this question has been asked before but I couldn't find it in
> the archives.
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> IIRC, RH keeps a file that is part of the security monitoring system and
> logs the ownerships as of yesterday.  I don't remember where this is
> kept and if RH has a command that will restore the ownerships in bulk.
> If I have the file I can write my own script to get it fixed.
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> This was a case of fat fingers and trying to work faster that I think!!!
> I was 1 dir up from where I should have been and changed everything in
> /usr/lib, ugh!!
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> TIA
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> Greg Edwards
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Greg,

If your talking about system ownership, most distros have a file 
/etc/permissions that contain the rights assignment, and the ownership 
of the files.  I believe that it includes the libraries but you would 
have to check it.  There is a program that parses the file and sets the 
permissions and ownership, but I don't recall the exact name I think it 
is sec??? or setsec??  (some security program) hope it works out.


Good luck

Tom


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