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Let me clarify. I want to know if the process /usr/sbin/uuidd will break if I change the ownership to root. Currently it is owned by uuidd:uuidd. But I want root to own it. But before I make changes I want to make sure it won't cause problems on my system.
Why do you want root to own the command? If it is just for uniformity in the directory it would not seem like a good reason. I can ell you on my system the command is owned by root.
Another thought, is this your personal computer? If a work / school or otherwise shared computer, I would consult with the administrator to see why they may have placed that setting on the command.
If your own machine, do it and then test and see if it makes a difference
If the file is set-uid (-rwsr-xr-x), do not change the UID. If the file is set-gid (-rwxr-sr-x), do not change the GID. Otherwise, changing those would affect only the permission for altering that file.
Interesting - I don't seem to have that on my Centos 6.7...
I agree with grail - why do you want to change the ownerships ?
So, you don't have the uuidd package installed (and probably don't need it)
Code:
uuidd-2.17.2-12.18.el6.x86_64 : Helper daemon to guarantee uniqueness of time-based UUIDs
Repo : base
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/sbin/uuidd
Available Packages
Name : uuidd
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.17.2
Release : 12.18.el6
Size : 70 k
Repo : base
Summary : Helper daemon to guarantee uniqueness of time-based UUIDs
URL : ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng
License : GPLv2
Description : The uuidd package contains a userspace daemon (uuidd) which guarantees
: uniqueness of time-based UUID generation even at very high rates on
: SMP systems.
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