>In your message of Wed, 04 Jan 1995 15:53:36 GMT, you say: > >>Finally, my newly upgraded system appears to have /usr and /usr/sys (probably >>others too) in group sys and group writable. I chmoded this, but then a >>subsequent installpatch set them back again. Is there a database online >>somewhere that I can correct this information in to prevent installpatch doin }g >>this? > >There's a command-line option to installpatch (and to the cluster patch >sets, as I recall) that will cause it to skip the permission checks. >If it installs a new file replacing the one you already chmod'ed, it >may change the perms back though. > >This is on Solaris 2.3, so it's probably in the sol24 patches as well... >although, knowing Sun, it probably isn't ;) > >>From memory, I think it's "-u". > Also there is a command called pkgchk ie: pkgchk -a -p /etc/passwd will tell you the correct permissions