On Thursday 04 October 2007 20:30, Rob Mahurin wrote: > On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 08:06:56PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > > > I got impatient with an aumix error and did 'chmod -R /dev' (and > > > > ctl-C'ed out of it after ~3 min's.) now I can't become root. Some > > > > examples: > > [...] > > > I've been running the system for the last couple of days. The only > > visible problems are: > > > > the font stinks for firefox. > > i can't become root, not even in single-user mode, but I can 'sudo' all > > I want. > > > > is it possible I could fix the two problems without having to reinstall? > > Can you "sudo chmod" to repair your permissions damage? I can send > you an output from "find /dev -ls" if you don't have another machine > to compare against. > > Rob > > -- > Rob Mahurin > Dept. Of Physics & Astronomy > University of Tennessee phone: 865 207 2594 > Knoxville, TN 37996 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rob, Indeed I have no machine to check my /dev perm's. If you could send me the output I'd be much obliged. If you want to send it direct: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I got my fonts back by giving the correct permissions to my home directory and to .dmrc. Now the only clear problem is being able to log in as root. I am running KDE for my desktop. Thanks, tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
