-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bruce, At my University, a person who was getting to know Linux did this accidentally. In trying to rectify the situation, he was still having issues accessing certain devices. Unless you have done some script that parsed your permissions on a fresh install and subsequent updates or you run a corporate *nix (Apple), you are going to have some strange issues for quite awhile. Production machines should not have to be in that situation, so re-installation is the best solution...nuking from orbit is the only way to be sure! Good luck! Robert bruce wrote: > david... > > why did he need to reinstall the entire system again????? > > he changed the owner of everything to some "user". yep, this will be an > issue to some/alot of things... but depending on the circumstances, he could > over time figure out which apps/files should be "root" and then figure out > the rest later on!! > > on the other hand, reinstalling might be easier, if he left the > drive/format/partitions the same.. but it still wouldn't do anything for his > own apps/files that aren't system provided.. this definitely points to a > good backup/restore process though... > > god knows i walkt the tightrope line enough, with no backup/restore!! > > peace > > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Richards > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 6:34 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: RE: wrong command > > > As you RHCE'D and you did that! I suggest you reinstall the whole system > again. I personally don't think many people will reply because that is a > really stupid thing to do. Any good sys admin knows never to use root > and this is a good example why. I hope you will learn from your > mistakes! > > > > -- > David Richards > Network Administrator > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vivek Mangal > Sent: 26 September 2008 14:20 > To: Red Hat > Subject: wrong command > > Hello all, > > By mistake i run below command on root. > # chown <user> -R / > > It changed the ownership of all directories with their respective files > then how i can recover my system from this problem ? > i think i have to change back ownership of all directories manually ? > or their is other way to do this.... ? > please tell me > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjgx6QACgkQup357T5MfTaV1wCgp1LnzOWrv78fAaSbXZVoEygQ IHoAoJi71vSUh/zOSoF0HI6FncRULb7a =UdDa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
