[CALUG] Strange log file permissions

[Jim Bauer]

On Wednesday 08 February 2006 14:31, Steve Gregory wrote:
> One of my clients has a server with some very strange permissions.
> /var/log/cups/access_log does not have any root permissions and has a
> long number as its user and group. I am not able to change the
> permissions as root, nor will a weekly rotate work. I have suggested to
> the client that the server needs to be rebuilt, since there might be the
> possibility that the machine was rooted. He would like a second opinion.
> Any thoughts?

If it looks like I suspect it might, there is a chance it could be due to 
filesystem corruption.