diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.include.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.include.dist
index d602d3ae4a84..c166b8f91b87 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.include.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.include.dist
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#	$Id: BSD.include.dist,v 1.16 1998/03/04 10:22:51 dufault Exp $
+#	$Id: BSD.include.dist,v 1.17 1998/05/28 06:59:50 peter Exp $
 #
 
-/set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=0755
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
 .
     arpa
     ..
diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist
index 32da1a4e59da..8146eb2dd633 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#	$Id: BSD.root.dist,v 1.27 1997/10/01 13:06:30 ache Exp $
+#	$Id: BSD.root.dist,v 1.28 1997/10/20 00:35:38 jmb Exp $
 #
 
 /set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
 .
-    bin             uname=bin gname=bin
+    bin             uname=root gname=wheel
     ..
-/set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=0555
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0555
     dev             uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
         fd
         ..
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         uucp            uname=uucp gname=uucp mode=0770
         ..
     ..
-    lkm             uname=bin gname=bin
+    lkm             uname=root gname=wheel
     ..
     mnt
     ..
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
     ..
     root
     ..
-    sbin            uname=bin gname=bin
+    sbin            uname=root gname=wheel
     ..
-    tmp             uname=bin gname=bin mode=01777
+    tmp             uname=root gname=wheel mode=01777
     ..
     usr
     ..
diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist
index 3dd44a2761f6..dd2e316fbd0f 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-#	$Id: BSD.usr.dist,v 1.122 1998/09/10 15:46:41 bde Exp $
+#	$Id: BSD.usr.dist,v 1.123 1998/09/12 21:16:16 jkh Exp $
 #
 
-/set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=0755
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
 .               uname=root gname=wheel
     bin
     ..
-/set type=dir uname=games gname=bin mode=0700
-    games           uname=bin mode=0755
+/set type=dir uname=games gname=games mode=0700
+    games           uname=root mode=0755
         hide        gname=games uname=root mode=0550
         ..
     ..
-/set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=0755
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
     include
     ..
     lib
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@
             worm
             ..
         ..
-/set type=dir uname=games gname=bin mode=0755
-        games           uname=bin
+/set type=dir uname=games gname=games mode=0755
+        games           uname=root
             atc
             ..
             fortune
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
             quiz.db
             ..
         ..
-/set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=0755
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
         groff_font
             devX100
             ..
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@
 	    zh_TW.BIG5
             ..
         ..
-/set type=dir uname=man gname=bin mode=0755
-        man             uname=bin
+/set type=dir uname=man gname=root mode=0755
+        man             uname=wheel
             cat1
             ..
             cat1aout
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
             ..
 	    catn
 	    ..
-            ja          uname=bin
+            ja          uname=root
                 cat1
                 ..
                 cat2
@@ -515,36 +515,36 @@
                 ..
                 catn
                 ..
-                man1            uname=bin
+                man1            uname=root
                 ..
-                man2            uname=bin
+                man2            uname=root
                 ..
-                man3            uname=bin
+                man3            uname=root
                 ..
-                man4            uname=bin
+                man4            uname=root
                 ..
-                man5            uname=bin
+                man5            uname=root
                 ..
-                man6            uname=bin
+                man6            uname=root
                 ..
-                man7            uname=bin
+                man7            uname=root
                 ..
-                man8            uname=bin
+                man8            uname=root
                 ..
-                man9            uname=bin
+                man9            uname=root
                 ..
-                mann            uname=bin
+                mann            uname=root
                 ..
             ..
-            man1            uname=bin
+            man1            uname=root
             ..
-            man1aout        uname=bin
+            man1aout        uname=root
             ..
-            man2            uname=bin
+            man2            uname=root
             ..
-            man3            uname=bin
+            man3            uname=root
             ..
-/set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=0755
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
             man4
                 i386
                 ..
@@ -659,15 +659,15 @@
 	    ..
 	..
 	perl
-/set type=dir uname=man gname=bin mode=0755
-	    man			uname=bin
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
+	    man			uname=root
 		cat3
 		..
-		man3		uname=bin
+		man3		uname=root
 		..
 	    ..
 	..
-/set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=0755
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
         skel
         ..
         syscons
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
 	    tcl
 	    ..
 	..
-/set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=0555
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0555
         zoneinfo        mode=0755
             Africa
             ..
diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
index 53bfd73787f2..62889744c75f 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#	$Id: BSD.var.dist,v 1.34 1997/09/24 17:40:11 ache Exp $
+#	$Id: BSD.var.dist,v 1.35 1997/10/01 13:06:31 ache Exp $
 #
 
-/set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=0755
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
 .               uname=root gname=wheel
     account
     ..
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
         tabs
         ..
     ..
-    db              uname=bin gname=bin mode=0755
+    db              uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
     ..
-/set type=dir uname=root gname=bin mode=0755
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
     games                gname=games mode=0775
 	hackdir          gname=games mode=0770
 	    save         gname=games mode=0770
@@ -34,29 +34,29 @@
         phantasia        gname=games mode=0775
         ..
     ..
-    log             uname=bin
+    log             uname=root
     ..
-    mail            uname=bin gname=mail mode=0775
+    mail            uname=root gname=mail mode=0775
     ..
     msgs            uname=daemon
     ..
-    preserve        uname=bin
+    preserve        uname=root
     ..
     run             uname=root
     ..
-    rwho            uname=bin gname=daemon mode=0775
+    rwho            uname=root gname=daemon mode=0775
     ..
 /set type=dir uname=uucp gname=daemon mode=0755
-    spool           uname=bin gname=bin
+    spool           uname=root gname=wheel
         lock            gname=dialer mode=0775
         ..
-        lpd             uname=bin
+        lpd             uname=root
         ..
         mqueue          uname=root
         ..
 	opielocks       uname=root mode=0700
 	..
-        output          uname=bin
+        output          uname=root
 	    lpd		    uname=root gname=daemon
 	    ..
         ..
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         uucppublic      mode=0777
         ..
     ..
-/set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=01777
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=01777
     tmp
         vi.recover
         ..
diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
index 345fbe3210a6..fece2848e2e5 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$Id: bsd.own.mk,v 1.17 1998/08/30 20:35:24 jb Exp $
+#	$Id: bsd.own.mk,v 1.18 1998/08/31 23:34:37 jb Exp $
 #
 # The include file <bsd.own.mk> set common variables for owner,
 # group, mode, and directories. Defaults are in brackets.
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 # OBJFORMAT	Default object format that selects which set of tools to run.
 #		[elf on alpha, aout otherwise]
 #
-# BINOWN	Binary owner. [bin]
+# BINOWN	Binary owner. [root]
 #
-# BINGRP	Binary group. [bin]
+# BINGRP	Binary group. [wheel]
 #
 # BINMODE	Binary mode. [555]
 #
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@
 # SHAREDIR	Base path for architecture-independent ascii
 #		text files. [/usr/share]
 #
-# SHAREOWN	ASCII text file owner. [bin]
+# SHAREOWN	ASCII text file owner. [root]
 #
-# SHAREGRP	ASCII text file group. [bin]
+# SHAREGRP	ASCII text file group. [wheel]
 #
 # SHAREMODE	ASCII text file mode. [${NOBINMODE}]
 #
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ OBJFORMAT?=	aout
 .endif
 
 # Binaries
-BINOWN?=	bin
-BINGRP?=	bin
+BINOWN?=	root
+BINGRP?=	wheel
 BINMODE?=	555
 NOBINMODE?=	444
 
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ KMODMODE?=	${BINMODE}
 
 # Share files
 SHAREDIR?=	/usr/share
-SHAREOWN?=	bin
-SHAREGRP?=	bin
+SHAREOWN?=	root
+SHAREGRP?=	wheel
 SHAREMODE?=	${NOBINMODE}
 
 MANDIR?=	${SHAREDIR}/man/man