"David Knaack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recently intalled some software on my RH6.1 box,
> and some of the files have come up with a number for
> the user and group, instead of 'root'.
[...]
> Why would some files come up with 'root', and some with just
> the nubers? They were installed from the same archive.
The archive (tar ?) contains the numerical user and group ids the
files had on the system where the archive was created. For some reason
some files were owned by root while others were owned by some other
user -- possibly the one who created the archive. They are extracted
with the same ids, and if there exists no user/group with this ids in
your system, `ls -l' will show you the user/group id instead of a
name.
> And whats with the uucp on the JDK files? Should I change
> all that to root?
Yes, in most cases it is safe to change the owner and group of such
files to root. This is the usual ownership for such packages which are
installed system wide. (For programs like setiathome it is probably
more appropriate if they're owned by the "normal" user who wants to
use them.) Unless you install SUID programs the root ownership should
not be a security problem.
Eilert
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