> similar in /etc/group. Also, chown -R <uid>:<gid> /home/swmbo would have > changed it in one go.
Trap alert: *never* use -R without -h, as -R by itself will dereference symlinks, i.e. change the ownership of where a symlink points to, not the ownership of the symlink itself. You can mess up ownership of a bunch of system files without -h, and that's most likely tricky to clean up, esp on a non-rpm system . Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
