[NTLUG:Discuss] permission detection tool(?)

[Chris Cox]

Johnny Cybermyth wrote:
> Let me clarify what I actually did.  It is somewhat embarrassing since I
> now know how foolish this was.  But, on the up side, I now know a lot
> more about what is going on in the /usr directory. :) The command was
> something like:
> 
> sudo chown -R :root /usr
> <gasp!>
> 
> I can't possibly explain in under 10,000 words what I was doing at the
> time or which many commands I had issued before that one.  I think it
> was something stupid like I hadn't included myself in a certain group
> that I thought I already belonged to.
> 
> After a bomb like that one, I couldn't start X, GNOME still can't auto
> mount/unmount usb drives, and many other problems I discover one at a
> time like the one I'm trying to fix now.  That's why I need some kind of
> permission trace tool to tell me when who exactly is having permission
> difficulties.
> 
> Don't kick me out of the club yet!  I'll fix what I broke. :)

Personally.. I'd backup my data and do a recovery (if your system
permits this) or a reinstall.

Just my two cents.