On 11:28 23 May 2002, daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| i've made this mistake of executing the following in the / directory:
| chmod 755 *
| oops
Hmm. Not too dangerous though.
| how do i put things back the way they were?
| looking at another linux box i'm using, it looks like everything has those
| permissions anyway save a few:
| /root rwxr-x---
| /lost+found rwx------
| /proc r-x------
These first three are easy, yes?
| /tmp rwxrwxrwt
| what's the "t" at the end of tmp's permissions for?
On directories, the sticky ("t") bit means that only the owner of a file
can delete or rename it. This protects people sharing a directory like
/tmp from certain attacks based on moving a file sideways and inserting
a subversive on in its place.
| how do i put it back?
chmod 777 /tmp
chmod +t /tmp
Cheers,
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