[CALUG] Strange log file permissions

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

Is this Very Long Number perhaps one less than a power of two?

Perhaps 4294967295?

The old "nobody" account was "-1".

JIM

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?
> 
> Steve
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Columbia, Maryland Linux User's Group (CALUG) mailing list
> CALUG Website: http://www.calug.com
> Email postings to: lug at calug.com
> Change your list subscription options: http://calug.com/mailman/listinfo/lug
>