File permissions messed up in /var and /tmp
Hello,
I ran 'chmod -R o-rwx .*' in /root and all permissions in /var and
/tmp got messed up (good luck I cancelled it before it could do more
damage). I manually fixed some permissions so I could at least have a
working environment to fix everything, but I don't know what the
permissions should be in most files...
Is there a way to restore all the permissions in /var? At least on
those files that are installed by the package manager; I think I can
just delete the other files and they'll be created again by their
programs.
If there's not, my plan B is to create a chrooted environment
containing all the same packages as my main installation and copy the
/var tree from the chroot. Of course this is not very practical, but
seems a better choice than reinstalling (at least ATM).
Is there a reason why this may not be a good idea? (apart from the
fact that it may take a few hours...)
Thanks!!
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Gabriel Parrondo
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there's no difference between theory and practice."
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