First I want to wish you a happy new year :-) I've a owner-problem with my Windows XP. Most of the files which should be owned by "Administrators" are owned by 4294967295, an unknown user.
$ cat /etc/passwd SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: LocalService:*:19:544:U-NT AUTHORITY\LocalService,S-1-5-19:: NetworkService:*:20:544:U-NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService,S-1-5-20:: Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Administrator:unused:500:513:U-NETTI\Administrator,S-1-5-21-682954488-2327617611-1172701873-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash How to chown all files from 4294967295:18 to 544:18 or, at least, recognize the files to be owned by "Administrators". chown -R ... would not work because it will chown all files. Also the files not owned by 4294967295. chown -vR --from=4294967295:18 Adminstrators:SYSTEM ... chown: invalid user: `4294967295:18' Thanks in advance Matthias -- Don't Panic -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
