Permissions

[Neshberatu]

Ok, So, I may or may not have gone into Root and set the permissions so i could access them from a normal user. Ok, So i did. Is there a way to change them back without logging in though? I can't seem to load up Fedora 9 anymore. It goes through the autoloader but stops at a certain point, To quick for me to see whats wrong.

It then goes to a blank screen and doesn't let me do anything. Can anyone help?

[fnmblot]

What point does it stop? What files did you change the permissions? What did you change the permission to?

[Neshberatu]

I changed everything in file system, my main HDD so that i could change everything with the normal user, Because i didn't want to have t log into root to do it.

It stops about 3/4 of the way through.

[JohnVV]

I changed everything in file system, my main HDD so that i could change everything with the normal user, Because i didn't want to have t log into root to do it.

i bet you will never do that again !
i take it you did this ( guessing)
as root

chmod -R 777 /

and /or

chown  -R ( user name):( user name) /
chmod -R 777 /

there may be no easy way to revert them back .
Most will be 755 , some are 644 , and some are not owned by root but apache or clamav , ...

the essayist way to fix is to reinstall

[Neshberatu]

Is there a way to reinstall without losing the data thats already on the HDD? I had a few projects that are fairly hard to get back.

And you can bet i won't be doing that again.

I went through to file system, Selected all the files, And went to properties actually.

EDIT: Never mind. I just reinstalled. Now i have to set everything up again >_>

It was a big enough headache the first time -.-