Chmod ubuntu desktop fail

Question

I accidentally did chmod 667 on /home/user/Desktop/ and now it is behaving strangely.

How can I reverse the damage I have done?

What is the exact command you executed? You can see the history using history or using the up arrow. — jobin, Jun 21, 2014 at 14:54
@AvinashRaj: How can you know only four commands have been executed since? — jobin, Jun 21, 2014 at 14:57
Close-voters: There's nothing unclear about this question, the desktop folder's permissions were changed to 667. — Eliah Kagan, Jun 26, 2014 at 3:29

exore · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-21 17:15:52Z

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755 is standard mode for directories. just

 chmod 755 /home/User/Desktop

and everything will be ok

answered Jun 21, 2014 at 17:15

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Tim · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-23 14:41:48Z

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Try chmod -x Desktop, executing it from ~ ( your home folder).

answered Jun 21, 2014 at 14:56

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