On Friday 10 Aug 2012, Raakesh kumar wrote: > Today i changed the permission of my /etc directory and it's sub > directories and files using "sudo nautilus". And now my everything > including servers and all have stopped working. When i type sudo > anywhere to use it shows an error as - > > sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0446, should be 0440 > sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting > sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin > > Can somebody help me to get my system back as it was earlier.. Or is > there any way to restore my system back?
1. Get a list of permissions of critical files in /etc/ from the 'net, a friend's machine, wherever. 2. Boot into root. I won't tell you how, there are enough pointers on the 'net. 3. Apply the correct permissions to your own /etc files. 4. Reboot. 5. Pay me. Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur || r...@kandalaya.org || GPG: http://otheronepercent.blogspot.com || http://kandalaya.org || CC68 It is the mind that moves || http://schizoid.in || D17F _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
