On Ma, 18 mai 21, 18:26:18, 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? Maybe not applicable for /usr, but ACLs and possibly also extended attributes could be an issue as well. I found it out the hard way recently after copying an install with 'rsync -a' between two storage devices (-a doesn't include -H, -A and -X).
Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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