restoring default device ownerships/permissions

under_r_run · 07-26-2005, 02:33 PM

This is probably one of the stupidest things i've done.

I accidentally ran:

chown -R user /dev

instead of:

chown -R user ./dev

Pretty much self explanatory, any quick fix?

username17 · 07-26-2005, 02:50 PM

Hmm, change it back?

Code:

chown -R root /dev

Assuming root owns dev, I dont have a linux box in front of me, so I'm not sure.

under_r_run · 07-26-2005, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by username17
Assuming root owns dev, I dont have a linux box in front of me, so I'm not sure.

I thought of that too, I wasn't sure if root owned all of the devices.

username17 · 07-26-2005, 04:02 PM

I belive the group ownership varies from device to device, but I believe root owns all.

It shouldn't make a difference, but what distro are you on?

EDIT: I just SSH'd into my slack box at home, all files are owned by root, but like I said, some have different groups set.

under_r_run · 07-26-2005, 04:21 PM

Yeah the group ownerships remained intact, just the owner was messed up.

I'm on Debian 3.1.

username17 · 07-27-2005, 01:27 PM

You've probably already done it, but I say set all the ownership permissions back.
GL