Also an interesting contradiction, since in Windows this type of change *does* trigger a new backup. Massive ones. Which is then its own problem.
Wanda Prather TSM Consultant ICF International Enterprise and Cybersecurity Systems Division -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Linux permissions not restored On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Loon, EJ van (ITOPT3) - KLM < [email protected]> wrote: > TSM not suitable for rolling back security errors. > Agreed 100% > Personally if find this a flaw of the product... > Exactly what my Linux OS person said. We are going to have to completely rebuild the box due to the user (yes, we are going to revoke sudo/root privileges) doing a "chown -R <someuser> / ". Eventhough he was able to fix a lot of the attributes using rpm, there will always be the lingering question of what was missed and how many more hours will be wasted in the future fixing more permissions as they are found.... -- *Zoltan Forray* TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Xymon Monitor Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services [email protected] - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
