RE: <Sigh>

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] currantbun.com>]

Cheers! I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds like a good bet. I checked
perms on all files, but they were OK. I didn;t think of the directories!

I'm on my way to download.com to try and find out where LinZip came from, to
let them and the authors know.

Cheers again!

Craig

> AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! got it!!!!!!
>
> Ignore everything else :) I've left it there as it might be useful for
> someone.
>
> The silly lamers have a tar that removes perms from vital directories!
> Somebody really should let download.com and the author know about this.
> pants:~$ tar ztfv linzipv1.tgz
> drwx------ root/root 0 1999-12-13 07:05 usr/
> drwx------ root/root 0 1999-12-13 07:05 usr/local/
> drwx------ root/root 0 1999-12-17 02:33 usr/local/bin/
> -rw-r--r-- root/root 64 1999-12-13 07:05 usr/local/bin/.LINzip.conf
> -rwxr-xr-x root/root 2595239 1999-12-17 02:33 usr/local/bin/LinZip
>
> I'd assumed you were not logged in as root until you mentioned
> you couldn't
> remember. The fact that it requires being run as root from /
> (asks that on
> the website) probably made you su and follow the instructions no?
>
> > Please help quickly, as I have several assignments which need
> completing as
> > soon as poss, in being unable to even look at them is quite unfortunate.
>
> Okay as root type:
>
> chmod 755 /usr /usr/local /usr/local/bin
>
> That should fix everything, I'm pretty sure this will be it.
>

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