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	@(#)setroot.8	2.1	7/1/84
	@(#)Copyright (C) 1983 by National Semiconductor Corp.
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.TH SETROOT 8
.SH NAME
setroot \- fix file system ownership and protection
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR /etc/setroot " [" \-v "] [" \-S ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Setroot
traverses the file system,
forcing correct ownership and protection for directories and files
as it does so.
.I Setroot
may be run at any time so long as the
.B \-S
flag is not given.
Flags recognized are as follows:
.TP
.B \-v
Verbose mode causes
.I setroot
to announce its actions.
.TP
.B \-S
This flag enables
.I setroot
to make changes,
such as fixing
.IR /dev ,
that should be done only
when the system is running single user.
.PP
.I Setroot
will fail if not run by root.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
chmod(1), chgrp(8), chown(8)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Fatal errors include not being able to execute
.IR chmod (1),
.IR ls (1),
.IR wc (1),
.IR grep (1),
.IR chgrp (8),
and
.IR chown (8)
and the non-existence of certain special users and groups.
.PP
Non-fatal errors include:
file not found,
not a directory
(directory does not exist or is a non-directory file type),
is empty
(a directory does not contain any files),
unable to set
(cannot access a directory to set its contained files).
.PP
.I Setroot
exits with status 0 if all sets were successful,
and 1 if an error was detected.
.SH BUGS
.I Setroot
error messages are sent to standard output and not standard error.
.PP
.I Setroot
has too much information hard-wired into it.
Instead,
it should be driven from an auxiliary table of files,
modes,
and permissions.
It will be modified or replaced in a later \s-2GENIX\s0 release.