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Hi guys i hope you guys r doing great cause i'm not .i did chmod 777 /bin/* i used this command on sco 5.0.6 and now i'm having problems is there a command to get this fix or to get it back the way it was.

Thanks guys i will really apreciate if you could help me.

you have to find out the value that /bin was. im not good with those with chmod, someone else is gonah ave to tell you what /bin should be. but mine looks like this:
my /bin is
drwxr-xr-x
owner and group is root. go to root directory ( / ) and do a ls -l and look at what it says for /bin hope i helped.

check the man page.

man chmod

If you want to set it to " drwxr-xr-x ", then do a

chmod 755 /bin/*

Your command says that you have modified the permissions of the contents of the bin directory (i.e.) file in /bin directory
& not the permissions of the bin directory itself.

So, from the permission that you have modified I believe it should not cause any kind of problem.

Any how, can you detail over here about what is the problem that you are facing so that we can conclude the problem & our ideas.

Any how there is no alternate way to find about what was the previous permission that was set.

maybe if you post your os someone here might be using the same os as you and can tell you what his file permissions look like. good luck.

Hello,

i wonder why you set the mode on the /bin files to 777. Most effective i mean will be to set the directory to chmod 555 /bin.
If you use the -R option all files will be set to this mode.

I mean in the most cases the mode 555 will be enough on the /bin directory.
maybe you set a s bit with chmod g+s on the needed files, but not to all. try an test.

If you really typed:

chmod 777 /bin/* this is very bad. You have changed the permissions on many stickybit commands. Here is a list from my HPUX box.

You may have screwed up your links and stickybits. Many files in bin are linked to /etc, /usr, and /opt, and sometimes your $PATH looks first in these dirs instead of /bin. I had a similar prob on a box where someone executed chmod 444 on /bin VERY HORRIBLE hehe...


Try to use this list to reconstruct your system from my list or find a list for your OS.

See to lists below.

# ll |grep "\-s"
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 53248 Jun 18 2002 at
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 24576 Jan 10 2001 bdf
-r-sr-xr-x 1 lp bin 45056 Jul 26 04:13 cancel
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 49152 Nov 6 1997 chkey
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 32768 Jun 18 2002 crontab
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 53248 Apr 9 1998 ct
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 40960 Feb 14 2001 cu
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 77824 Jan 11 2001 df
-r-sr-xr-x 1 lp bin 28672 Jul 26 04:13 disable
-r-xr-sr-x 1 bin mail 487424 Mar 14 2001 elm
-r-sr-xr-x 1 lp bin 24576 Jul 26 04:13 enable
-r-xr-sr-x 1 bin sys 20480 Jul 17 2000 iostat
-r-xr-sr-x 1 bin sys 28672 Apr 23 1999 ipcs
-r-sr-sr-x 1 bin daemon 720896 Dec 7 2000 kermit
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 57344 Nov 15 2001 login
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 49152 Jul 26 04:13 lp
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 40960 Jul 26 04:13 lpalt
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 65536 Oct 20 1999 mediainit
-rwsr-sr-x 2 root mail 45056 Nov 7 1997 mail
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 65536 Oct 20 1999 mediainit
-r-xr-sr-x 1 bin sys 131072 Jan 28 1999 netstat
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 20480 Apr 2 2002 newgrp
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 28672 Jun 27 2002 nfsstat
-r-xr-sr-x 1 bin sys 20480 Nov 20 2000 pipcs
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 319488 Jun 9 1998 pppd
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 49152 Nov 7 2001 rcp
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 73728 Nov 7 2001 rdist
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 32768 Nov 7 2001 remsh
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 24576 Nov 7 2001 rexec
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 45056 Nov 7 2001 rlogin
-rwsr-sr-x 2 root mail 45056 Nov 7 1997 rmail
-r-sr-xr-x 1 lp bin 16384 Oct 27 1997 slp
-r-xr-sr-x 1 bin bin 245760 Nov 2 1997 stmkfont
-r-s--x--x 1 root sys 65720 Jul 20 07:45 su
-r-xr-sr-x 1 bin sys 36864 Feb 7 2002 top
-r-xr-sr-x 2 bin sys 20480 Aug 24 2001 uptime
-r-sr-xr-x 1 uucp bin 57344 Aug 1 2001 uucp
-r-sr-xr-x 1 uucp bin 24576 Oct 27 1997 uuls
-r-sr-xr-x 1 uucp bin 16384 Oct 27 1997 uuname
-r-sr-xr-x 1 uucp bin 20480 Oct 27 1997 uusnap
-r-sr-xr-x 1 uucp bin 40960 Oct 27 1997 uustat
-r-sr-xr-x 1 uucp bin 61440 Aug 1 2001 uux
-r-xr-sr-x 1 bin sys 28672 Jul 18 2000 vmstat
-r-xr-sr-x 2 bin sys 20480 Aug 24 2001 w

# ll |grep "\-t"
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 21 Jan 15 2002 acl_edit -> /opt/dce/t
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 15 Jan 15 2002 ar -> /usr/ccs/bin/ar
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 audevent -> /usr/sbint
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 16 Jan 15 2002 audisp -> /usr/sbin/ap
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 16 Jan 15 2002 audsys -> /usr/sbin/as
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 16 Jan 15 2002 audusr -> /usr/sbin/ar
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 20 Jan 15 2002 bfs -> /usr/old/usr/bs
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 15 Jan 15 2002 cc -> /usr/ccs/bin/cc
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 20 Jan 15 2002 cdsadv -> /opt/dce/sbv
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 22 Jan 15 2002 cdsclerk -> /opt/dce/k
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 cdscp -> /opt/dce/binp
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 chatr -> /usr/ccs/binr
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 ctags -> /usr/ccs/bins
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 cuegetty -> /usr/sbiny
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 22 Jan 15 2002 dce_login -> /opt/dcen
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 30 Jan 15 2002 dts_ntp_provider -> /r
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 31 Jan 15 2002 dts_null_provider -> r
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 dtscp -> /opt/dce/binp
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 dtsd -> /opt/dce/sbind
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 16 Jan 15 2002 dumpfs -> /usr/sbin/ds
-r-xr-xr-t 6 bin bin 249856 Mar 31 2002 e
-r-xr-xr-t 6 bin bin 249856 Mar 31 2002 edit
-r-xr-xr-t 6 bin bin 249856 Mar 31 2002 ex
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 16 Jan 15 2002 fdp -> /usr/ccs/bin/fp
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 16 Jan 15 2002 fixman -> /usr/sbin/fn
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 24 Jan 15 2002 getcellname -> /opt/de
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 getip -> /opt/dce/binp
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 gprof -> /usr/ccs/binf
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 17 Jan 15 2002 help -> /usr/bin/sccsp
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 24 Jan 15 2002 hosts_to_named -> /usd
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 21 Jan 15 2002 kdestroy -> /opt/dce/y
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 kinit -> /opt/dce/bint
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 klist -> /opt/dce/bint
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 17 Jan 15 2002 landiag -> /usr/sbin/g
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 15 Jan 15 2002 ld -> /usr/ccs/bin/ld
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 19 Jan 15 2002 lorder -> /usr/ccs/bir
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 15 Jan 15 2002 m4 -> /usr/ccs/bin/m4
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 19 Jan 15 2002 mailstats -> /usr/sbis
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 17 Jan 15 2002 make -> /usr/ccs/bin/e
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 17 Jan 15 2002 mkmf -> /usr/ccs/bin/f
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 22 Jan 15 2002 mkpdf -> /usr/old/usrf
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 mkstr -> /usr/ccs/binr
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 20 Jan 15 2002 newaliases -> /usr/sbs
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 15 Jan 15 2002 nm -> /usr/ccs/bin/nm
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 26 Jan 15 2002 passwd_export -> /optt
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 26 Jan 15 2002 passwd_import -> /optt
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 22 Jan 15 2002 pdfck -> /usr/old/usrk
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 24 Jan 15 2002 pdfdiff -> /usr/old/uf
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 22 Jan 15 2002 pdfpr -> /usr/old/usrr
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 17 Jan 15 2002 prof -> /usr/ccs/bin/f
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 19 Jan 15 2002 ranlib -> /usr/ccs/bib
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 16 Jan 15 2002 renice -> /usr/sbin/re
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 22 Jan 15 2002 revck -> /usr/old/usrk
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 21 Jan 15 2002 rgy_edit -> /opt/dce/t
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 rpccp -> /opt/dce/binp
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 rpcd -> /opt/dce/sbind
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 14 Jan 15 2002 sadp -> /usr/sbin/sadp
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 13 Jan 15 2002 sar -> /usr/sbin/sar
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 22 Jan 15 2002 sec_admin -> /opt/dcen
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 25 Jan 15 2002 sec_clientd -> /opt/dd
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 19 Jan 15 2002 sig_named -> /usr/sbid
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 17 Jan 15 2002 size -> /usr/ccs/bin/e
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 19 Jan 15 2002 stcode -> /opt/dce/bie
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 20 Jan 15 2002 strings -> /usr/ccs/bs
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 strip -> /usr/ccs/binp
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 14 Jan 15 2002 sync -> /usr/sbin/sync
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 18 Jan 15 2002 tsort -> /usr/ccs/bint
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 20 Jan 15 2002 uuidgen -> /opt/dce/bn
-r-xr-xr-t 6 bin bin 249856 Mar 31 2002 vedit
-r-xr-xr-t 6 bin bin 249856 Mar 31 2002 vi
-r-xr-xr-t 6 bin bin 249856 Mar 31 2002 view
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 14 Jan 15 2002 vipw -> /usr/sbin/vipw
lrwxr-xr-t 1 root sys 17 Jan 15 2002 xstr -> /usr/ccs/bin/r