also sprach JoshNarins@aol.com (on Sun, 08 Jul 2001 04:17:34PM -0400): > I tried, in a subdir of /root, the command > chmod -R o-rwx .* > It changed the permissions on the parent directory, > the parent's parent directory, all the way up. > > Now only root can use my computer. > > Was chmod supposed to understand .* so differently > than /bin/ls does? yes. you said recursively, and '..', which is a match for .* is a virtual subdirectory of any directory. with chmod, if you want to recursively change a directory's permissions, either do chmod -R <perms> directory from the parent, or chmod -R <perms> . in the directory. but anyway, a question for all debianers: how do you get the default permissions back on the / tree? martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck -- oxymoron: micro$oft works
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