Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!acorn!ixi!ixi!pd From: pd@pd@x.co.uk (Paul Davey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: File Ownership change Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 12:57:23 GMT References: <1991Jun5.154641.31@esvax.hamavnet.com> Sender: paul@x.co.uk (Paul Davey) Organization: IXI Ltd. Lines: 28 In-Reply-To: young@esvax.hamavnet.com's message of 5 Jun 91 23: 46:41 GMT >>>>> On 5 Jun 91 23:46:41 GMT, young@esvax.hamavnet.com said: Brian> Hello, Brian> I am running a Unix System V machine based on the Motorola 88K. When I create Brian> a new user with login in id of ted, I can (as super user) look at his directory Brian> ls -ali and can see that ted owns the files. However, when ted logs in and Brian> looks at his files (.profile) the owner is the user id i.e. 100 and NOT ted. Brian> Does anyone have any comments about this. I do not believe that any one has Brian> gotten into the system to corrupt or mess with me. The implictation is that ted can't read /etc/passwd, and can't look up any user ids/names. try this chmod 644 /etc/passwd -- Regards, pd@x.co.uk IXI Limited Paul Davey pd@ixi.uucp 62-74 Burleigh St. ...!uunet!ixi!pd Cambridge U.K. "These are interesting times" +44 223 462 131 CB1 1OJ USA: 1 800 XDESK 57