@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?message-square139fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down19
arrow-up1155arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square139fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 years agoI imagine if you can mount from a busybox possibly
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•2 years agoEh, just hit it with the 777 and pray. Then swear at it some more.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoBoot from a usb stick, mount the fs, use the live environment’s chmod command to fix stuff.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoI think you’ll need to change passwd and shadow, maybe a few other files, but besides that it’ll mostly work.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoYeah that’s the painful part. A backup would be key here
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agochroot in and then syncing the permissions from something like the equivalent of filesystem package in Arch for your distro should get you going
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.
chrootin and then syncing the permissions from something like the equivalent offilesystempackage in Arch for your distro should get you going