On Tuesday February 10 at 12:14pm Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:45:15 -0600, Joshua Jankowski wrote: > > > As I have been quite intelligent in setting permissions on my debian > > server, I am here to see if anyone has a solution. In my attempt to > > write recursive permissions on one of my directories, I hit enter a > > little too prematurely with / as the designated folder. Quickly > > noticing the error, I hit ctrl-c to stop the operation but as you > > can guiess, it was not soon enough. It overwrote the permissions > > that were set by debian in the /bin folder and unknown others. > > > > Is there a utility or way to easily(or not) fix the default > > permissions? > > > > You could always get them from your latest backup *cough* Some stuff, in places like /var/, I neglect to backup. In a case like this, where some files need special permissions (only readable by root, world writable, etc) your out of luck. Also, unless there is a way to batch--reinstall, /bin/ and /sbin/ become a problem (I also neglect to back those up) -- -johann koenig
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