[HLUG] Permissions

[Matt Rhys-Roberts]

Hi Tom,

In my limited knowledge, I'd say it'd be easier to back up all your work 
and reinstall the OS. File permissions/ownerships are critical to the 
way that users or internal processes access their files, and there will 
be complaints if those attributes have changed unacceptably. AFAIK, 
there's no separate record of file ownerships/perms. to fall back on, in 
a normal setup anyway.

Good luck mate, I've fallen foul of owner/perms issues many times, 
especially while messing about with dotproject and mysql.

Regards,

Matt Rhys-Roberts




Tom English wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>In trying to set some permissions, I've got lost, and ended up setting / to 777.
>When booting, I get errors about certain files being these permissions, but the odd file is easy to chmod.
>
>However, X doesn't work, and I think are some files which need to be 1777 (something to do with TCP??, not sure though).
>
>Is it possible to restore the permissions, or would it just be easier to backup, and re-install?
>
>Sorry wasn't at the meeting, will hopefully be able to get to one soon - I think sticking with tuesday may be the best option.
>
>I'm going to try and attend this months meeting, but cannot guarantee it...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom.
>
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Matt Rhys-Roberts

Software & Electronics Engineer
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