• masterofn001@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      When I was new to Linux I broke EVERYTHING.

      Often.

      The more you break, the more you learn.

      Nobody tells me I can’t modify this file.

      Eg. I once accidentally chmodded the entire root directory. (Recursion incident)

      Linux does not like when the root fs permissions are ALL changed.

      I had no internet at the time. And no idea what timeshift was.

      Thankfully, I had a library card.

      Learned a lot about permissions that month.

      (I enjoy doing things the hard way)

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        10 months ago

        Did you manage to get your system working again? Iirc I did the same on Arch a few years ago and it wasn’t too bad to restore the system after looking at the permissions on a fresh install (maybe a container or vm, idr).