On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 02:30:02PM +0530, Admin, Wipro (CAP, GECSI) wrote:
> But even i do this.....how will the permissions of all the system files .and > utilities change to > ur new user toor. Files on the disk don't have usernames associated with them. The owner of a file is stored as a numeric UID inside the inode. (Same for the group.) When you do an "ls -l", the ls command gets the UID of the owner of the file from the inode, then looks that number up to convert it into a name for human readability. If you have two or more accounts in the passwd file that both have the same numeric UID, ls will print whichever name appears first. > "Admin, Wipro (CAP, GECSI)" wrote: > > when i reboot my m/c...i get lot of error messages.. > > /etc/rc2.d/S99dtlogin needs root perm This is where you need to be careful. Examine this script -- it's probably doing something like: if [ `whoami` != root ]; then ...; fi I don't know how this will act in the presence of multiple uid=0 accounts. (And of course, your script may look different.) Be prepared to edit these scripts as necessary. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
