No, Refer the other system and change the ownership. But for /var for all the standard folders the ownership should be standard like: [root@emi ~]# ll /var total 204 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 3 2004 account drwxr-xr-x 2 pcap pcap 4096 Jan 3 2004 arpwatch drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jan 3 2004 cache drwxr-xr-x 5 netdump netdump 4096 Jan 3 2004 crash drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 3 2004 db drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 3 2004 empty drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 3 2004 ftp drwxrwx--T 2 root gdm 4096 Oct 12 15:50 gdm drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 3 2004 kerberos drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 4096 Jan 3 2004 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 12 2004 local drwxrwxr-x 10 root lock 4096 Oct 11 13:53 lock drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Oct 12 15:50 log lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 3 2004 mail -> spool/mail drwxr-x--- 5 root named 4096 Jan 3 2004 named drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Oct 12 15:49 net-snmp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 12 2004 nis drwxrwxr-x 5 root root 4096 Oct 1 14:30 opennms drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 12 2004 opt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 12 2004 preserve drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 4096 Oct 12 15:50 run drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Jan 3 2004 spool drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 4096 Oct 4 10:16 tmp drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Oct 1 12:01 tomcat4 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2004 tux drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jan 3 2004 www drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 3 2004 yp Try this. and do no use the same comand try to recursive on idividual directories Nilesh On 10/11/05, Jai Parkash Rangi <jprangi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > During the named configuration I run this command on fedora 4.0 > > /cd var > chwon -R named:named named. > > Somehow it changes theowenership of a lot of other files. and directories > Is there any easy way to reset the file owenership to the defaluts/ > original > > Thanks > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list