Are you running krusader as root? You would likely need to in order the change a file's type.
I would be inclined to do this, as root, for testing purposes:
- Open a terminal,
- cd to /usr/bin
- Run the file command on several of the affected files (assuming the file command still works).
Here's a sample output of the the
file command:
Code:
# file nautilus
nautilus: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=8dc3c48c8f4bd2fb85914638cf6edb2d9a7ecc70, stripped
Post the output(s) of the command here, being sure to surround it with code tags, which become available when you click the "Go Advanced" button beneath the "Compose Post" windows.
More troubling is how this came to be. Frankly, this is a new one on me, but I'm concerned it could indicate corruption or compromise of the system. Maybe someone more knowledgeable than I will notice this thread.