restoring default ownerships/permissions: was networking prob

[James Takac]

On Monday 17 September 2007 12:42:20 Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, James Takac <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Saturday 15 September 2007 23:48:52 Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > > <quote who="James Takac">
> > >
> > > > sudo chown -R USERNAME:USERNAME /
> > > >
> > > > As I have more than one system, I can compare if it makes it easier
> > > > for those who'll try to help.
> > >
> > > Reinstall. No point trying to do it manually, it'll be too much hassle.
> > >
> > > - Jeff
> >
> > Hi Jeff
> >
> > Getting that pic as well. Oh well, one to learn from
>
> The best thing about free software is that if there is a problem, you _can_
> fix it. That doesn't mean that it is always prudent to do so. The mere
> thought of reinstalling tends to conjure up images of Windows, but the
> truth is that sometimes it's the easiest option.

Hi Sridhar

Yeah, ended up taking that advice. Having a little fun getting a few things up 
and running as I was using automatix to set a few things up and the site has 
been down for a few days it seems. Finally back up now so will make doing the 
codecs easier and should actually get frostwire working again LOL

James