Re: chown and bash trashed part of system

[Eric Blake]

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According to Vincent Chapman on 12/30/2008 8:09 PM:
> $ sudo chown -R vincent:vincent .*  
> 
> Command very bad.  
> 
> .* wild card picked up directory entry '..' and like requested chown
> descended into sub directories, BUT chown also ascended into parent
> directory, in this case home, and descended into all sub directories

Thanks for the report, however, this is not a bug.  You have fallen victim
to a classic typo.  This FAQ describes things to be aware of, so that you
don't repeat it next time.

http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#ls-_002da-_002a-does-not-list-dot-files

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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