I'm pretty sure I recursively messed up the default /var
user:group ownerships. I've tried to restore them to the best of my ability by searching. Specifically, I'm worried about /var/lib
. Currently, mine looks like the below. If there's a kind soul out there who would please post their /var/lib
so I can see if I'm missing something.
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 AccountsService drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 13 2012 acpi-support drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 13 2011 alien drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 01:14 alsa drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 May 30 17:23 apt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 07:36 apt-xapian-index drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 aspell drwxr-xr-x 2 avahi-autoipd avahi-autoipd 4096 Jul 3 2012 avahi-autoipd drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 01:13 belocs drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 8 08:42 binfmts drwxr-xr-x 5 boinc boinc 4096 May 7 01:27 boinc-client drwxr-xr-x 2 colord colord 4096 Apr 30 00:23 colord drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:23 dbus drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 dell-recovery drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 13 19:01 dhcp drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:19 dictionaries-common drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 May 30 17:05 dkms drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 doc-base drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 May 30 17:23 dpkg drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 gconf drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 ghostscript drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 01:06 hp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:23 initramfs-tools drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 14 2012 initscripts drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 14 2012 insserv drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 12 01:50 iptraf drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 libreoffice drwxrwsr-x 2 libuuid libuuid 4096 Jul 3 2012 libuuid drwxr-x--- 10 lightdm lightdm 4096 May 30 17:51 lightdm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:31 localechooser drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 locales drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 07:36 logrotate drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 23 2012 lsb drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 19 2012 misc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 07:36 mlocate drwx------ 6 mysql mysql 4096 May 30 17:51 mysql drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:51 NetworkManager drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 6 2012 ntpdate drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 01:03 nvidia-common drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:23 os-prober drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 8 08:42 pam drwx-wx-wt 2 root root 4096 Mar 11 07:44 php5 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 7 19:20 phpmyadmin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:23 plymouth drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 polkit-1 drwxr-xr-x 2 pulse pulse 4096 May 31 2012 pulseaudio drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 11:30 pycentral lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Apr 30 00:19 python-support -> /usr/lib/pymodules drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:32 register-module drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 01:14 rfkill drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 17 09:56 rpm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 8 2012 samba drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 sgml-base drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 22 2012 snmp drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jan 1 1985 sudo drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 17 2012 synaptic drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:32 ubiquity -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 174 Jul 3 2012 ubuntu_dist_channel drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 22 18:48 ucf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:52 udisks drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:58 update-manager drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 30 00:58 update-notifier drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 23 18:02 update-rc.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 21 18:44 upower drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:51 urandom drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 30 17:26 ureadahead drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 7 2012 usb_modeswitch drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 usbutils drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 vim drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 3 2012 xfonts drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 01:37 xkb drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 18:42 xml-core