Robbert van Andel wrote:
> I am working with a USB drive
supplied to us by a former contract company
> that contains a backup
of an Oracle databse. Looking at the file system, I
> see this:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 6 60004 60004 4096 Jan 25 2010 .
>
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Feb 20 2007 ..
> drwxrwxrwx 4 60004
60004 4096 Dec 5 2007 6614448.992
> -rw------- 1 60004 60004 16883
Jan 25 2010 .bash_history
> -rw-r--r-- 1 60004 60004 901 Oct 23
2009 .bash_profile
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 60004 60004 424 Feb 1 2008
check_patches1.sh
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 60004 60004 1220 Feb 1 2008
check_patches2.sh
> As you can see, the owner and group are showing
just a number. My guess is
> this is the user id of the owner as it
existed on the original server. Is
> that correct?
Correct. Names in text are, like DNS Hostnames, a convenience for
human beings. the numbers, be they UIDs, GIDs or IP Addrs are what count
to the machine.
If you have access to the original server you can
check it.
--
Michael Rasmussen
http://www.jamhome.us/
Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity
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