UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hey.

I was playing somethink with chmods, and then i did chmod -R 755 /
so linux but with errors and sshd not working ....
Can some one give me proper chmods or better script that will do it.

pls help fast

well, that probably made a lot of things unable to execute. For now I'd say to do a chmod -R 777 /, then restart and implement better security. If the linux box is on the internet, I'd suggest just taking it down until you are finished.

aha. that so, but where can i get the defaults and that for all the stuff ?:\

Actually, the stuff that has stopped working is not because of loss of execute permission. Execute permission is still very much there. The problem is that any programs that were setuid, setgid have lost those bit settings. Also, some programs wont run if the permissions on the binary are anything other than those that are required. (I think sshd belongs to this category. I have permissions on sshd at 500 BTW.)

The fastest way out would be to do an OS restore from the latest tape backup. Otherwise, get a box with the identical configuration and set the permissions on various files one by one.

that is much work :\

is there any script for slackware 10.1 ?

Thats a BIG maybe.. you could check on google, but dont keep your hopes on that.

BTW (offtopic)
if i will need to reinstall linux distro, what is better Slackware or Ubuntu?

I never had ubuntu so iam asking u that

i need just console (no kde,gnome and that stuff).


Witch one is more secure, more stable...?