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Operating Systems AIX Unix root directory owner wrong AIX 5.3 Post 302580370 by spike1 on Thursday 8th of December 2011 09:36:42 AM
Old 12-08-2011
Unix root directory owner wrong AIX 5.3
The a chown was done and instead of using ./ a / was used and root ownership files got changed.

I need to change the ownership of the files/directory back - backups are not working and I am concerned a reboot will not be successful.

Can anyone provide the ownership of these files/directories or direct me to where I can find what the default ownership of root and subdir should be?
Below is an ls of the /

Code:
drwxr-xr-x  25 root     system         4096 Dec  5 01:12 .
drwxr-xr-x  25 root     system         4096 Dec  5 01:12 ..
drwxrwxr-x   3 root     system          256 Dec 21 2006  .SPOT
-rw-------   1 root     system         7260 Apr 11 2007  .sh_history
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           20 May 11 2007  .udlibs71 -> /app/ud71/lib/uddlls
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           20 Jul 14 2010  .udlibs72 -> /app/ud72/lib/uddlls
-r--r--r--   1 root     staff            20 Jul 14 2010  .unishared
-rw-------   1 root     system           74 Apr 11 2007  .vi_history
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     system         4096 Mar  7 2008  TT_DB
drwxr-xr-x  10 root     system         4096 May 27 2009  aixmaint
drwxrwxr-x  20 datatel  usr            4096 Apr 18 2011  app
drwxr-x---   2 root     audit           256 Dec 21 2006  audit
-rwxr-x---   1 root     system           25 Dec 17 2007  autobackup
lrwxrwxrwx   1 bin      bin               8 Dec 21 2006  bin -> /usr/bin
-rw-rw----   1 root     system         1323 Dec  4 03:03 bosinst.data
drwxrwx---   2 root     system          256 Sep 10 2007  cdrom
drwxrwxr-x   5 root     system         8192 Dec  8 00:00 dev
drwxr-xr-x  27 root     system         8192 Dec  5 01:15 etc
drwx------   3 root     system         4096 Dec  2 09:59 hlp
drwxr-xr-x   9 datatel  bin            4096 Mar 27 2009  home
-rw-rw----   1 root     system        10544 Dec  4 03:03 image.data
lrwxrwxrwx   1 bin      bin               8 Dec 21 2006  lib -> /usr/lib
drwx------   2 datatel  system          256 Dec 21 2006  lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 139 bin      bin            8192 Mar 31 2009  lpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     system          256 Dec 21 2006  mfg
drwxr-xr-x   5 root     system          256 Jun 13 2010  mkcd
drwxr-xr-x   2 bin      bin             256 Dec 21 2006  mnt
drwxr-xr-x  11 root     system         4096 Apr 11 2007  opt
dr-xr-xr-x   1 root     system            0 Dec  8 09:33 proc
drwxrwx---   2 root     system          256 Aug 27 2007  restore
drwxr-xr-x   3 bin      bin             256 Oct 29 2008  sbin
-rw-r--r--   1 root     system          700 Apr 11 2007  smit.log
-rw-r--r--   1 root     system          159 Apr 11 2007  smit.script
-rw-r--r--   1 root     system          307 Apr 11 2007  smit.transaction
drwxrwxr-x   2 root     system          256 Dec 21 2006  tftpboot
drwxrwxrwt  11 datatel  system        20480 Dec  8 09:33 tmp
lrwxrwxrwx   1 bin      bin               5 Dec 21 2006  u -> /home
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           21 Dec 21 2006  unix -> /usr/lib/boot/unix_64
drwxrwxrwx  43 bin      bin            4096 Jul 14 2010  usr
drwxr-xr-x  27 datatel  bin            4096 Mar  6 2008  var
ksh: 1167506 Quit(coredump)

Thank you
Last edited by Scott; 12-08-2011 at 10:55 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
 

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