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Running "chmod o-rx .*" in /root/ dir "FreeBSD"
From: |
Craig Carey |
Subject: |
Running "chmod o-rx .*" in /root/ dir "FreeBSD" |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 07:22:03 +1300 |
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Maybe a special prompt should be produced to stop the problem described
below. The leading "." has got mixed with 2 different meanings:
* hidden files start with "."
* the directory above is ".."
Thinking of pattern matching could lead to the current behaviour. It
may be better to change it.
At 2001.October.28 12:17 -0500 Sunday, Philip Mak <address@hidden> wrote:
Subject was: (Re: Stupid, stupid
>I just did a stupid thing to lock myself out of one of my boxes that I
>only have remote ssh access to. I thought I'd share it with you guys so
>that no one else makes the same mistake.
>
>Never type "chmod o-rx .*" when logged in as root, inside root's home
>directory (/root). That will affect .. as well, meaning that the directory
>"/" will no longer be accessible to normal users.
>
>Now I can't ssh into my box (any attempt to connect will say "Cannot find
>root directory" and kick me out) to fix this, so I have to wait for the
>guy who has physical access to the box to fix it.
>
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- Running "chmod o-rx .*" in /root/ dir "FreeBSD",
Craig Carey <=