chmod 666 ///

[Jacques B.]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Bruce Hyatt <brucejhyatt at yahoo.com> 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?"
>
>  Thanks in advance,
>  Bruce
>
I had to deal with a similar scenario where ownership was changed with
-R.  Fortunately I used an identical system (benefits of a classroom
environment) to create a baseline file containing the list of files on
the system and their ownersand groups.  Pumped that through a simple
script and restored ownership on all the files.  You could do
something similar with permissions if you had a baseline system.

But Andrew's suggestion sounds easier if that will work.

Jacques B.