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#1 2010-10-21 22:21:12
- darkbeanies
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chowned mistake SOLVED
Okay, hypothetical situation...(cough cough)
1. Say you executed the following command by mistake:
sudo chown myusername /*
2. And then went "aaaaaaaargh!!!"
3. And then used the following command to try and avert disaster:
sudo chown root /*
4. And then also (for good measure)
sudo chown myusername ~/
5. And then rebooted and hoped for the best...
My question, in summary, is "is it gonna be alright?"
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#2 2010-10-21 22:28:29
- ChoK
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Re: chowned mistake SOLVED
chown is not recursive by default, is it?
Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.
Picasso
Perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.
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#3 2010-10-21 22:29:35
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Re: chowned mistake SOLVED
No, thank the gods it is not recursive.
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#4 2010-10-21 22:31:28
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Re: chowned mistake SOLVED
You're alright then 
Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.
Picasso
Perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.
Saint Exupéry
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#5 2010-10-21 22:32:29
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Re: chowned mistake SOLVED
Woohoo! Thank you...I'm a bit tired and ill today... :-)
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