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Subject: HELP! SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH LINUX!

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 15:58:28 05/09/01


I recently installed Linux on a spare computer, to run crafty from.  I know very
little about Linux.

I was having a problem running crafty, and asked a friend what to do.  (He isn't
an expert, but knows more than me.)  He told me to type (as root, from root)
"chmod 777 * .* -R".  I did.

Now I can see that the groups are ALL messed up, and what's worse is, when I try
to become root, login as root, su someone (su - soinso), or chmod, chown, chgrp,
anything, I cannot.  Says, "Unable to set group; operation is prohibited."  In
other words, I CANNOT LOGIN AS ROOT.  My whole system is basically frozen as far
as doing ANYTHING.  I've talked to several people, and NO ONE can help.

Please help!


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