[ILUG] repair permissions

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Wed Mar 16 17:59:32 GMT 2005


Quoting Gar (gwalsh at gmail.com):

> i  typed the command chmod 777 -R /    and pressed enter instead of tab.
> is there any way (apps or commands) to change the permissions back to
> what they were?

The Moving Root-User Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

	-- Omar Khayyam, 11th Century Persian sysadmin




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