Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ncar!tank!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!emrath From: emrath@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: Installing 4.3-Tahoe on a VAX Message-ID: <43800006@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> Date: 20 Sep 88 00:57:00 GMT References: <4790@saturn.ucsc.edu> Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:saturn.ucsc.edu:4790:uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu:43800006:000:258 Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!emrath Sep 19 19:57:00 1988 Huh? If I change my entry for bin in /etc/passwd from 3:3 to 0:0, files that used to be owned by "bin" will now be owned by "3" (as shown on, say, an ls -l display). There's more to it than editing /etc/passwd (which I leave to the reader as an exercise)