> > I carelessly executed "chmod 666 ///" from a terminal as su > > in a user account. --- Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Possibly all he needs to get X going is 'chmod +t /tmp'. I tried this first and it didn't work. > On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 13:12 -0400, Andrew Parker wrote: > > > > rpm -qa | xargs rpm ----setperms --setugids This returned "----setperms: unknown option" So I tried it using "--setperms" and it returned "chmod: invalid mode string: '[various 7-digit numbers]'" It seemed to be looping through this with different 7 digit numbers coming back. The mode string indicates how to set the permissions. How would chmod interpret ///? All files and directories 3 layers deep? I'll have to see if I can get hold of a PC that I can make a fresh install on to compare the permissions. Thanks for the help. Bruce ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com