@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agoWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?message-square122fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down18
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•1 year agoEh, just hit it with the 777 and pray. Then swear at it some more.
minus-square@LrdThndrlink4•1 year agoBoot from a usb stick, mount the fs, use the live environment’s chmod command to fix stuff.
minus-square@nixcamiclink3•1 year agoI think you’ll need to change passwd and shadow, maybe a few other files, but besides that it’ll mostly work.
minus-square@utopianfiatlinkEnglish4•1 year agoYeah that’s the painful part. A backup would be key here
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoWorst case you boot up a virtual server with the same OS as your own and just go down the tree learning permissions, and it’s a deep dive learning experience.
Can you recover from that?
I imagine if you can mount from a busybox possibly
Then figure out the correct perms.
Eh, just hit it with the 777 and pray. Then swear at it some more.
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Boot from a usb stick, mount the fs, use the live environment’s chmod command to fix stuff.
I think you’ll need to change passwd and shadow, maybe a few other files, but besides that it’ll mostly work.
This is the traditional method.
Yeah that’s the painful part. A backup would be key here
Worst case you boot up a virtual server with the same OS as your own and just go down the tree learning permissions, and it’s a deep dive learning experience.