Easier solution is to make the copy right, right from the start, using
pax.  The "-p e" option preserves (nearly) everything:

	cd /etc
	pax -rw -p e . /path-to-new-etc

On Wed, 31 May 2000, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> On Wed, 31 May 2000, brendan burns wrote:
> 
> > Well I figured out what my problem was, I copied my installation from one
> > hard drive over to another (bigger) one and I forgot to maintain file
> > permissions so /var/spool/lock wasn't world writeable so pppd couldn't
> > create a lock file for the device.  I have this naggin feeling like this
> > permissions issue is going to haunt me going forward, any other places
> > that I should change/check permissions?
> 
> Try "mtree -ef /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist -p /", or see mtree(8). There
> are "-u" and "-U" options to fix the permissions automatically, but be
> careful with those -- if you use the "-u" option without the "-e"
> option, or you specify the wrong heirarchy, it could do some serious
> damage.
> 
> 
> 

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