2007/11/8, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. 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. Thanks!! -- Gabriel Parrondo GNU/Linux User #404138 GnuPG Public Key ID: BED7BF43 JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The only difference between theory and practice is that, in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
