On 10/29/02 4:23 PM, "Martin Costabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When you were in single user mode, did you look at the root directory to > see whether it appeared OK, that is in particular the following (extract > from "ls -la /"): > > drwxrwxr-t 44 root admin 1496 Oct 29 22:15 . > drwxrwxr-x 33 root admin 1122 Oct 18 19:37 Library > drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Oct 18 19:37 System > lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 11 Oct 29 22:15 etc -> private/etc > lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 11 Oct 29 22:15 tmp -> private/tmp > drwxr-xr-x 13 root wheel 442 Jul 14 08:21 usr > lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 11 Oct 29 22:15 var -> private/var Yep, we did have *major* permissions issues. For example, all 3 symlinks (which did exist) were u=rwx g=(nothing) o=(nothing). We're going to reinstall OS X, it's so messed up. How the heck could this happen? -- -- sinclair44 Optimism: "If you see a light at the end of the wormhole, it's probably an explosion from the death of another borg cube." Pessimism: "If you see a light at the end of the wormhole, it's probably a photon torpedo." [Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force] Realism: "If you see a light at the end of the wormhole, you're eyes are going to hurt." ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
