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Old 08-07-2008
Question unable to logon using root id
someone accidently changed the permission of all files in the /usr/lib directory to 777 so now i am unable to login to the system. when i try logging in as root it gives error as the security file has 777 permissions for the group.
# 2  
Old 08-07-2008
Try rebooting into single-user mode and changing the file permissions back.
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Old 08-08-2008
tried the single uer mode....but even in single user mode i am unable to logon..same error..
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Old 08-08-2008
restore from backup.
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Old 08-08-2008
how do i restore it without logging in...is there a default loc where the backup is stored..cause i haven't taken any backup myself...
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Old 08-08-2008
So I guess from your response you have no disaster recovery plan. And no tape backups? With proper tape backups you can boot from the tapes to do the restore.
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Old 08-08-2008
yes... no disaster recovery plan for the system as it is just a test system... but don't want to do an OS install on it...
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