Keith Gibbons, StarDate Computers. wrote:
Hello all and Merry Christmas, I have done a stupid thing and issued a chmod +x * -R command while in the / directory. This is on an internal server, not connected to the 'net. I had thought I was in my /public directory but wasn't. The command stopped with an error when it got to the /proc directory but by then it was too late. What are the consequences here and what can I do to rectify them?
All help appreciated
Keith Gibbons
The contents of /proc disappear when you reboot/shutdown, it's not permanent, e.g take a disk out and put it in another box and mount it as /some_directory and you'll see that /some_directory/proc is empty, boot off it and the stuff is there again. It gets built on bootup. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer Linux Only Shop.