Re: su chmod -755 /usr

2015-06-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Julian Brooks wrote: > Cheers Bob :) > > Uuummm - work files yes, system configs/settings not really. > > Any top tips, like where are the permission file/s? I think you are asking what backup software would be recommended? There are many different ones. Let me point to a reference. https:/

Re: su chmod -755 /usr

2015-06-12 Thread Julian Brooks
Cheers Bob :) Uuummm - work files yes, system configs/settings not really. Any top tips, like where are the permission file/s? On 12 June 2015 at 22:07, Bob Proulx wrote: > Julian Brooks wrote: > > All seems well, valuable lesson(s) learnt. > > Seriously thought it was terminal, appreciate th

Re: su chmod -755 /usr

2015-06-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Julian Brooks wrote: > All seems well, valuable lesson(s) learnt. > Seriously thought it was terminal, appreciate the wisdom people. Glad to hear you solved your problem. In the future with a similar problem you would be able to restore your current system permissions from your backup. Not the e

Re: su chmod -755 /usr

2015-06-09 Thread Julian Brooks
Many thanks for the replies. (I did say I'm sketchy here) I was attempting to alter permissions on a folder. I then read that all folders leding up to it must also have permission altered. So I then mistakenly actually ran 'sudo chmod -755 /usr/lib/TheFolderIMeantToAlter' and all folders leadin

Re: su chmod -755 /usr

2015-06-09 Thread Mikael Flood
Helllo Julian, Should just be to revert the change with 'chmod 755 /usr'. On 10 June 2015 at 05:40, Julian Brooks wrote: > Hey all, > > Yes I'm an idiot... > > Not very experienced user here - 1st post: > > I mistakenly ran 'chmod -755 /usr'. > > How can I fix my permissions? > > Haven't reboot

Re: su chmod -755 /usr

2015-06-09 Thread Cam Hutchison
Julian Brooks writes: >Hey all, >Yes I'm an idiot... >Not very experienced user here - 1st post: >I mistakenly ran 'chmod -755 /usr'. >How can I fix my permissions? Run 'chmod 755 /usr'. All your command did was remove permissions from the /usr directory. Just set them back the default. No

su chmod -755 /usr

2015-06-09 Thread Julian Brooks
Hey all, Yes I'm an idiot... Not very experienced user here - 1st post: I mistakenly ran 'chmod -755 /usr'. How can I fix my permissions? Haven't rebooted yet, too scared. Currently getting around as root. Would prefer to avoid reinstall if possible. Cheers, Julian