On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:06:55PM -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > 2007/11/8, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>: > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 08:33:45PM -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > > > 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... > > > > > > > don't sweat /tmp. it should fix itself up in a reboot. If not, then > > probably you can just rm everything in there and reboot again and it > > should be good. > > > > > 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. > > > > recently (in say the last month) tom arnall had this problem and I > > posted an attachment with all the non root:root file in my /var. hth > > > > Hi, thanks for the quick response. > > I remember that post. I just looked at it but couldn't find the mail > with the attachement, do you think you can send it to me? (maybe to my > personal for not duplicating it on the list). I only need the /var > tree. I'll send it again offlist. > > On the other hand, what are the most common problem/issues that one > may face when reinstalling? I'm starting to consider that > possibillity. Any advise on it will be greatly appreciated. For me, its the crushing reality that I've been defeated by the system and been forced to reinstall. :( ;-) A
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