On Wed 14 Dec 2005 4:15, R. W. Rodolico wrote: > find / -type d -exec chmod 777 \{\} \; Well, for starters, I'd immediately run find / -type d -exec chmod 755 \{\} \; to regain at least some security, and then indeed perhaps reinstall all currently installed packages with dpkg --force-all -i [...] Good luck ;) Ray