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From: doctor@nl2k.edmonton.AB.ca (The Doctor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: problem with BSDI
Date: 3 Aug 1996 22:08:49 -0600
Organization: NetLine 2000
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Message-ID: <4u17oh$15u@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca>
References: <3AUG199612293563@geoff.tamu.edu>
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Heidi, I am just cross-posting this to the BSDI newsgroup.
In article <3AUG199612293563@geoff.tamu.edu>,
Heidi <haydeh@geoff.tamu.edu> wrote:
>Dear Expert,
>I am running UNIX (BSDI) software on PC, recently I had a disk problem
>which generated a lot of errors. The disk could not be repaired, so I
>decided to place a new disk and restore system from the backup tape
>which I had.
>I restored everything and system is up and running BUT all the users
>top directory (.) "when i issue %ls -alg" belongs to the root wheel and
>I know it should belong to user name.
>1- what did I do wrong that cause this problem? (so I won't repeat that next
> time)
>2- How can I fix this problem as a su? Do I have to login as root to fix this?
>
>As you know user can login and can read their file but cannot write to the
>directory.
>
>I thank you for your help.
>Best Regards,
>Heidi
>
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