Re: chmod 666 ///

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On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 13:12 -0400, Andrew Parker wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Bruce Hyatt <brucejhyatt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I carelessly executed "chmod 666 ///" from a terminal as su in a
> >  user account. It caused various problems because of permissions,
> >  of course.
> >
> >  I rebooted, logged into root and executed "chmod 777 ///" which
> >  enabled me to log into my account but when I tried to start
> >  xwindows I wound up with a blank screen. Same thing with root
> >  account.
> >
> >  Anyone know what I can do to get back to "normal?"
> 
> Can't say I've tried it on every rpmm, but this may get some things
> back to normal:
> 
> rpm -qa | xargs rpm ----setperms --setugids

Possibly all he needs to get X going is 'chmod +t /tmp'.

poc


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