On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 23:23, J. Craig Woods wrote: > On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 20:14, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > > Just theoretically, let's assume that a real good friend of mine > > accidentally chmod'ded all file permissions from the root...to something > > else other than what they were originally. Of course this wasn't me > > personally; you know I wouldn't do something like that. <g> > > > > Is there a utility available that would make it possible to salvage the > > filesystem by resetting all permissions back to factory settings? Or a > > script, even? > > > > I just love those postings that begin with the "theoretical" preface. > You just know some poor bugger has stepped off into a bag of dog shit. > LX, my good man, are you saying you have changed file ownership (chmod) > on every file that originally belonged to root? Maybe you are just > talking about the 'rwx' file permissions. Either case provides you with > a formidable task to correct. Can you do any scripting in perl? The only > reason I mention perl, there are many other languages to use, is because > this is the one I am most comfortable using. Unless someone has a ready > made script for your particular situation, you may need to crack some > scripting books. Good luck, buddy > > Dr John > The Night Tripper
Eh...thanks, Dr John C. Guess I'll go tell my....friend... <*sob*> Evidently much L8R, LX -- ��������������������������������������������������� Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ ��������������������������������������������������� _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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