My friend did a chmod -R 777 /var
by mistake. Now he has his /var folder permissions like this:
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Dec 29 17:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Dec 10 11:15 ..
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 28 09:54 backups
drwxrwxrwx 22 root root 4096 Nov 9 11:06 cache
drwxrwsrwx 2 root whoopsie 4096 Dec 31 09:38 crash
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Apr 23 2012 games
drwxrwxrwx 62 root root 4096 Dec 10 11:06 lib
drwxrwsrwx 2 root staff 4096 Apr 19 2012 local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 29 17:36 lock -> /run/lock
drwxrwxrwx 19 root root 4096 Dec 31 09:54 log
drwxrwsrwx 2 root mail 4096 Apr 23 2012 mail
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Apr 23 2012 opt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 17:36 run -> /run
drwxrwxrwx 10 root root 4096 Jun 29 2012 spool
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 31 10:03 tmp
drwxrwsrwx 15 noufal www-data 4096 Dec 28 10:59 www
And I have mine as:
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Dec 29 18:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Dec 18 10:03 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 31 10:00 backups
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Nov 7 15:03 cache
drwxrwsrwt 2 root whoopsie 4096 Dec 31 09:55 crash
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 23 2012 games
drwxr-xr-x 74 root root 4096 Dec 29 17:30 lib
drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Apr 19 2012 local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 29 18:16 lock -> /run/lock
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Dec 31 10:00 log
drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 Dec 31 10:39 mail
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 23 2012 opt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 18:16 run -> /run
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jun 22 2012 spool
drwxrwxrwt 6 root root 4096 Dec 31 10:49 tmp
drwxrws--- 31 saji www-data 4096 Nov 27 15:05 www
We have similar systems. How can I reset the /var
files and folders permission to the initial state, by not doing it individually for a file/folder.