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Accidentally ran “sudo chmod a+rx ~”

I accidentally ran sudo chmod a+rx ~ on the system root rather than sudo chmod a+rx myfolder... I ran sudo chmod -R a+rX myfolder/public_html then accidentally ran sudo chmod a+rx ~ instead of ...
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problems with /etc/sudoers

I am running ubuntu 12.04 on i3 laptop. By mistake I changed the permissions and changed the user(from root) of /etc folder and I am getting a error when trying to use sudo like: sudo: /etc/sudoers ...
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Unable to run compiled files - bash: ./a.out: Permission denied. (I've tried chmod)

First of all, there are many questions like this on AU. Still, none of them solved my problem. I've compiled my C source using cc test.c, and it did generate a.out file. However when I run it I get ...
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Nautilus plugin to chmod

Some time ago (around Ubuntu 8.04) there was a plugin to Nautilus to change permissions tab in file properties window. It was showing permissions as checkboxes for R/W/X for user/group/others. I can't ...
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Copy files without losing file/folder permissions

How can I copy files/folders from an ubuntu computer on a ext4 filesystem to another ubuntu computer which also is on an ext4 filesystem, using a usb stick which uses a vfat filesystem without losing ...
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chmod: cannot access New Volume Trash 1000 Input output error

i try to make my flash-disk able to save data and everyone can use it but when i check my chmod it say what is .trash-1000 about and why its say input/output error how to fix it ?
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setting permission for executable file output of gcc [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to 'chmod' on an NTFS ( or FAT32 ) partition? Can't make a file executable i m pretty new to linux and gcc. i have a file1.s file which i tried to ...
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chmod u+s in /var/www

i have a problem at granting the right rights for the right user... i want to run pootle with apache, so i downloaded pootle. Then i copied it to /var/www, installed it and gave the www-data user ...
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How can I add file create read write and delete for a specific user?

Question: I need to give file create, read, write and delete access to /var/log for user bind only. How can I do that, short of allowing read and write and delete access for everybody ?
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Cannot use sudo command, changed permission of /usr folder [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to get back SUDO into working condition? Here's how I messed up my ubuntu, I wanted to change file permissions of /usr folder and I did that by taking root privilege ...
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How to use `chown` and `chmod` to make a “pipe” or “pass through” link from guest directory to elsewhere

I want to either extend the size of my guest partition or figure out how to copy stuff from the guest partition to my normal /home directory. (Because of some other problems I can only run Xorg as ...
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Ubuntu took away permissions from my Data partition

The pangolin has struck again. The bug of the day for today is Ubuntu taking away my permissions on my Data partition (NTFS). One moment everything worked fine, the next moment I couldn't chmod ...
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Unable to login to Ubuntu Permissions Issue?

Well, I think I royally messed this one up. In the process of changing permissions in my home directory, I now can't login using any of the 3 accounts I had setup, except for the Guest account. I ...