Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu sudo command problem

2012-08-10 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Raju Mathur said on Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 09:02:00AM +0530,: Can somebody help me to get my system back as it was earlier.. Or is there any way to restore my system back? 1. Get a list of permissions of critical files in /etc/ from the 'net, a friend's machine, wherever. If this is

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu sudo command problem

2012-08-10 Thread Aman Thakur
But Balvinder, i think that shows the heights of thinking of different users. So, i think this could be a good example for all linux users who are teaching linux or learning linux. Take it positively :) On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 12:30 AM, ilugd-requ...@lists.linux-delhi.orgwrote: Send Ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu sudo command problem

2012-08-10 Thread Raj Mathur (राज माथुर)
On Friday 10 Aug 2012, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: Raju Mathur said on Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 09:02:00AM +0530,: 2. Boot into root. I won't tell you how, there are enough pointers on Will moving #5 above this help? Sure, my principles are for sale, but only if the bid amount is appropriate!

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu sudo command problem

2012-08-10 Thread Raakesh kumar
On 8/11/12, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: On Friday 10 Aug 2012, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: Raju Mathur said on Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 09:02:00AM +0530,: 2. Boot into root. I won't tell you how, there are enough pointers on Will moving #5 above this help? Sure, my

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu sudo command problem

2012-08-10 Thread Balwinder S Dheeman
On 08/11/2012 01:31 AM, Raakesh kumar wrote: I have reinstalled ubuntu again as going in recovery mode and doing those changes didn't work for me. @Balwinder Sir, I know i had made a mistake by doing so. But i was just doing a kind of experiment but without properly surfing about that...

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu sudo command problem

2012-08-10 Thread Raj Mathur (राज माथुर)
On Saturday 11 Aug 2012, Raakesh kumar wrote: I have reinstalled ubuntu again as going in recovery mode and doing those changes didn't work for me. @Balwinder Sir, I know i had made a mistake by doing so. But i was just doing a kind of experiment but without properly surfing about that...

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu sudo command problem

2012-08-10 Thread Naresh Narang
-- Okay.. just to ask, Can you please tell me what actually happened to my system when i changed the permission of /etc directory? Why my system done into an inconsistent state? While as much theory i have read during my engineering about OSs, i hadn't done anything special/severe in