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#1
November 26th, 2007, 02:21 AM
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| I did something very, very, VERY stupid. You're going to laugh. I need someone to tell me just exactly how badly I've stuffed up. chmod -R 777 / It's a really long story. Are you done laughing yet? Anyway after spending about an hour figuring out how to get sudo working again, I'm piecing together the permissions of some kernel extensions trying to get some basic functionality back.  :x  |
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#2
November 26th, 2007, 02:53 AM
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 Have you tried booting from the installation disk and running "Repair Permissions" from its copy of Disk Utility? I think that ought to fix at least the system files. (Although I can't say I've ever tested it with such extensive permission damage.)
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#3
November 26th, 2007, 05:43 AM
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| have your tried rm -fR *.* ? (hem... DON'T DO IT.... !!!!)
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#4
November 26th, 2007, 09:48 AM
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Um, as far as Disk Permissions go, I was hoping there would be an easier way to do it but if I need a disk, meh. |
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#5
November 26th, 2007, 10:22 AM
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| i know what chmod 777 does, what is this one? why is bad? does it change every file on disk to read and write for everyone?
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#6
November 26th, 2007, 10:45 AM
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| there are a lot of things that need specific permission settings to work properly (Also yes it changes every file on the disk to 777) i.e. I found out that kernel extension files need to be 755 while every file inside them is 644. So I had to go into SUM again and fix sudo so i could use chmod. |
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#7
November 28th, 2007, 03:18 PM
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| Got out my install disk and repaired permissions. Rebooted the MacBook and got an instant kernel panic "Cannot find driver for a platform: ACPI" (or something extremely similar) Help :x The only tool I have left is Terminal (through install disk) |
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#8
November 28th, 2007, 04:19 PM
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If that fails, the only other idea I have is reinstall just the OS. Don't blow everything away, let install do an upgrade.
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