Cannot login since I entered chmod command?

gopikrish · 08-20-2004, 05:12 PM

I logged in as user "gopi" and I did the command "chmod 644 *" and when I tried to log in again as "gopi" its not accepting me.But I am able to log in as root user since I didnt issue that command as a root user I think.So how to get back my privileges? I also did "chmod 744 ~gopi" from root but still I can't enter

So what can I do?

whansard · 08-20-2004, 05:16 PM

~gopi will not get gopi's home. do a chmod 777 as root in /home/gopi.

gopikrish · 08-20-2004, 06:13 PM

I did that but still can't enter.

And also after that login box appears and when I enter login name as "gopi" and password and press enter, the monitor blinks for a while and again that login box appears.But normally it shouldnt.I mean directly Desktop items should appear without monitor going black for sometime.

So what can I do?

barisdemiray · 08-20-2004, 06:44 PM

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Originally posted by gopikrish

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I logged in as user "gopi" and I did the command "chmod 644 *"
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Where did you give this command? If in your home directory, then set the permission of it as 755 (don't give write permission to others and your group if it's something like `users'). Then there shouldn't be a problem. But if you changed some ownership, or run that command in somewhere else then try to find out the directories you altered. For example you could look at the shell history or find the files has the permissions 644 and owned by `gopi' using find command. Refer to the find man page for specific parameters:

Code:

man find