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From: emrath@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Installing 4.3-Tahoe on a VAX
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Date: 20 Sep 88 00:57:00 GMT
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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)