hi all
due to some problems with permissions in a shared directory space i wrote
a script to change permissions to a+rw in that directory. one of the
users su'd in and tried to run it and did so in / the problem is, the
program changes permissions recursively so many subdirectories are now
messed up. i tried to make some manual comparisons and changes but this
would take hours - maybe days. i have backup that is ~2 months old. it
would certainly work over a reinstall or many other things, but i wonder
what other solutions are out there. i guess my questions are then:
1) is there anything i can do to fix the permission in the
necessary directories?
/, /usr and sub dirs: /etc, /dev, /opt, /shlib, /tcb
/etc, /proc, /subsys, /usr, /mdec, /sbin, /sys
2) if i have to restore from dumps what is the best method for
doing this? i presume it will involve a system disk and a reboot.
any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!
ciao
claudia
aside: before anyone yells at someone having root passwds, he is my
advisor in grad school. his arguments are that they are his $%%^&
computers and he had better _at_#%% have the passwd. i am not sure it was
him, but i see no other alternative.
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Claudia-Angelica Teresa Chiarenza
aka Gigi, Claudia, G^2
Working on: a PhD in Physics and Astronomy
Arizona State University Claudia.Chiarenza_at_asu.edu
Physics & Astronomy (480) 965 - 0518 PSF 256
Box 871504 (480) 965 - 7954 FAX
Tempe, AZ 85287-1504 www.public.asu.edu/~caburg
(fed ex: Tyler Mall PSF 470) www.asu.edu/clubs/habitatforhumanity/
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Received on Fri Nov 17 2000 - 19:26:34 NZDT