Re: Restoring sticky bits after accidentally moving /usr directory

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Steve Dondley wrote:

> I goofed up and accidentally moved my /usr directory while trying to 
> make room on a full drive. I was able to recover, but I'm finding that 
> services are not working because the sticky bits for many files 
> /usr/bin/* were lost. For example, I can't send email with exim because 
> of this error:
>
> Failed to create spool file /var/spool/exim4//input//1lj87g-0002tS-5J-D: 
> Permission denied
>
> Is there an easy way to ensure I set all the permissions back to where 
> they were before I move /usr?

  not that i can think of being super easy, but listing all
packages on the system and then reinstalling each of them 
should do it.

  i think...  :)


  songbird