Use RPM to overwrite your current files & permissions with the ones that originally came with the package.
-----Original Message----- From: daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 1:28 PM To: list redhat (general) Subject: did something stupid i've made this mistake of executing the following in the / directory: chmod 755 * oops 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------ /tmp rwxrwxrwt what's the "t" at the end of tmp's permissions for? how do i put it back? _________________________________ daniel a. g. quinn starving programmer when the missionaries came to africa they had the bible and we had the land. they said "let us pray." we closed our eyes. when we opened them we had the bible and they had the land. - bishop Desmond Tutu _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list