Re: Any hope for recovering from "chmod -r 777 /*"



huge@xxxxxxxxxxx writes in comp.unix.solaris:
|1. Make backups.
|2. Make backups.
|3. Make backups.
|
|> Here's an update: When I got back home, I tried to log into the system

You forgot "Test restores from backups" - backups are no good if you
can't recover from them because no one noticed the tapes weren't
written correctly.

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