John Foster wrote: > > What I did was: > > "chown -R user:user /" > > I meant to put the directory name to change these to; however my finger > spazzed out and I hit the enter key. The result was that every file and > directory was affected. I folowed some advises and got most of the > system restored, however my mail recieving is not working as well as > several other wierd things. > > My question is; If I upgrade to Potato will the system be restored to > its proper configuration? I have a lot of servers and daemons that are > no longer working properly especially the databases, even though I > removed and reinstalled them. Best Guess??? ------------------------------------------------------------- A follow up question is: Is there a way to use apt or dselect or dpkg to force a complete reinstallation that will overwrite the incorrect system ownerships. There are a lot of problems in /dev. > -- > AdVance-Computing Systems > > We sell fine quality servers and workstations. > We specialize in multiprocessor units. > We install Debian Linux at no extra charge! > > John Foster > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ# 19460173 > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
-- AdVance-Computing Systems We sell fine quality servers and workstations. We specialize in multiprocessor units. We install Debian Linux at no extra charge! John Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173
