Raju Mathur said on Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 09:02:00AM +0530,: > > 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.
If this is a simple desktop, the easier way out would be a reinstall. <joke> > 2. Boot into root. I won't tell you how, there are enough pointers on Will moving #5 above this help?? </J> Would rephrase as get into rescue mode, and (re)mount / with rw permissions. That is, assuming Ubuntu boot loader has a rescue option, which I believe it ought to have. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Man's most judicious trait, is a good sense of what not to believe. --Euripides _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd