{"id":2201,"date":"2017-02-22T13:59:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T12:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=2201"},"modified":"2017-02-22T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T12:59:11","slug":"how-to-revert-chown-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2017\/02\/22\/how-to-revert-chown-command\/","title":{"rendered":"How to revert chown command?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How easy is to mess up a system with sudo!<\/p>\n

From http:\/\/unix.stackexchange.com\/questions\/48845\/how-to-revert-chown-command<\/a><\/p>\n

Rpm based distros help a little. I have to check in deb and apt offer something comparable<\/p>\n

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If I run:<\/p>\n

sudo chown -R user:user \/\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Can I revert it to what it was before I ran it?<\/p>\n
After sudo chown -R user:user \/<\/code>, it’s likely that the system is so badly hosed that you can’t<\/i> restore from a backup.<\/span> \u2013\u00a0Keith Thompson<\/a>Sep 22 ’12 at 23:59<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If your distro is RPM based, you can restore ONLY files that installed by rpm packages.<\/p>\n
To restore all package permissions:<\/p>\n
rpm --setperms -a\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
To restore all package owner (user\/group):<\/p>\n
rpm --setugids -a\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
If -a doesn’t run, you can execute a bash loop:<\/p>\n
For permissions:<\/p>\n
for x in $(rpm -qa); do rpm --setperms $x; done\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
For owner:<\/p>\n
for x in $(rpm -qa); do rpm --setugids $x; done\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Extracted from: http:\/\/www.sysadmit.com\/2016\/10\/linux-restaurar-permisos-de-un-paquete.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How easy is to mess up a system with sudo! From http:\/\/unix.stackexchange.com\/questions\/48845\/how-to-revert-chown-command Rpm based distros help a little. I have to check in deb and apt offer something comparable<\/p>\n
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