proper permissions for /var ?

rcorkum · 12-08-2006, 02:30 PM

I was messing around installing xaraya and got a permission error it couldn't write its config to /var so I did chmod -R 777 * inside /var and boy that was a dumb mistake I admit
ssh died next reboot so I redid permission to root only

now this is my current var root

Code:

[/var] >ls -l
total 4
drwxr-x--T  2 root root   72 2006-11-12 21:22 X11R6/
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    3 2006-11-12 21:22 adm -> log/
drwxr-x--T  5 root root  136 2006-11-21 03:25 cache/
drwxr-x--T  3 root root   72 2006-09-14 04:11 db/
drwxr-x--T  2 root root   48 2006-09-28 18:17 empty/
drwxr-x--T 15 root root  368 2006-09-08 21:51 lib/
drwxr-x--T  3 root root   72 2000-05-09 18:50 lock/
drwxr-x--T 14 root root 3040 2006-12-08 15:24 log/
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   10 2006-11-12 21:22 mail -> spool/mail/
drwxr-x--T 12 root root  288 1993-11-24 22:29 man/
drwxr-x--T  3 root root   80 2001-05-17 23:11 named/
drwxr-x--T  8 root root  528 2006-12-08 15:31 run/
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   15 2006-11-12 21:22 rwho -> /var/spool/rwho/
drwxr-x--T 15 root root  376 2003-06-05 18:43 spool/
drwxr-x--T  5 root root  128 2006-08-08 01:02 state/
drwxr-x--T  8 root root  336 2006-11-24 22:50 swaret/
drwxr-x--T  4 root root  184 2006-12-08 01:00 tmp/
drwxr-x--T  2 root bin   240 2006-11-13 14:39 webmin/
drwxr-x--T  8 root root  192 2006-12-03 21:07 www/
drwxr-x--T  2 root root  136 2006-11-12 21:58 yp/

now www don't have permission now I know the quickest way to fix this quagmire is a reinstall.
is that honestly the easiest or shouuld I run through the entire folder figuring out permissions i don't mind doing htat would just need a list of whats what for stock stuff.

I post this so others can gain from my dumb mistakes to

int0x80 · 12-08-2006, 02:41 PM

Distros handle certain things differently, so permissions may not be the same across the board. If you have a back-up, try restoring from that. You could also try a separate install on the hard drive, and then mounting the new /var in with your previous partitions. You could then mount the original /var separately, and copy the necessary files over. This might prevent you from a full re-config.

uselpa · 12-08-2006, 02:46 PM

This is mine (Slackware 11.0), looks quite different from yours.

Code:

drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 1024 2006-11-30 22:38 var/

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 1024 2006-10-13 18:03 X11R6/
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    3 2006-10-14 21:02 adm -> log/
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 1024 2003-09-15 22:11 cache/
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 1024 2006-09-14 09:11 db/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 1024 2006-09-28 23:17 empty/
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 1024 2006-10-14 22:07 lib/
drwxrwxrwt  4 root root 1024 2006-12-07 10:24 lock/
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 1024 2006-12-08 19:42 log/
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   10 2006-10-14 21:02 mail -> spool/mail/
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 1024 1993-11-25 03:29 man/
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 1024 2001-05-18 04:11 named/
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 1024 2006-12-08 14:15 run/
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   15 2006-10-14 21:02 rwho -> /var/spool/rwho/
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 1024 2004-06-07 06:40 spool/
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 1024 2006-08-08 06:02 state/
drwxrwxrwt  5 root root 1024 2006-12-06 14:49 tmp/
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 1024 2001-02-26 02:59 www/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 1024 2005-09-23 15:39 yp/

rcorkum · 12-08-2006, 03:10 PM

yes should have stated been a long day and tis the busy season

slack 11
and thanks for a copy of your permissions I will reset to match see if that helps thanks alot and thanks for both replies.