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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support Accidentally Changed File Ownership to Include a "Comment" [AIX] Post 302711085 by hicksd8 on Friday 5th of October 2012 11:19:56 AM
Old 10-05-2012
Yes, I agree, it's seeing # Scott from the /etc/passwd as the userid of the UID lookup from that file.

If you know the root userid password and can login as God then you should be able to change ownership of any files (single or recursive) by using a UID only, for example:

Code:
 
chown 3645 <filename>

The 3645 should appear in /etc/passwd as a valid UID of a user.

(You could change it to any UID number of your choice (not a valid user) but this may give you denied access later (which is what you've already done).

Login as God, use chown with a UID that matches up to a user in /etc/passwd.

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fence_zvm(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      fence_zvm(8)

NAME
fence_zvm - I/O Fencing agent for GFS on s390 and zSeries VM clusters SYNOPSIS
fence_zvm [OPTION]... DESCRIPTION
fence_zvm is an I/O Fencing agent used on a GFS virtual machine in a s390 or zSeries VM cluster. It uses the s3270 program to log the specified virtual machine out of VM. For fence_zvm to execute correctly, you must have s3270 in your PATH. fence_zvm accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. fence_node sends the options through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_zvm can be run by itself with command line options which is useful for testing. Vendor URL: http://www.ibm.com OPTIONS
-a IPaddress IP address or hostname of the Physical machine (required). -h Print out a help message describing available options, then exit. -u userid userid of the virtual machine to fence (required). -p password password of the virtual machine to fence (required). -S path Full path to an executable to generate the password of the virtual machine to fence. -q quiet mode, no output. -V Print out a version message, then exit. STDIN PARAMETERS
agent = < param > This option is used by fence_node(8) and is ignored by fence_zvm. ipaddr = < hostname | ip > IP address or hostname of the Physical machine (required). passwd = < param > password of the virtual machine to fence (required). passwd_script = < param > Full path to an executable to generate the password of the virtual machine to fence. userid = < param > userid of the virtual machine to fence (required). SEE ALSO
fence(8), fenced(8), fence_node(8) fence_zvm(8)
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