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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
