Accidentally ran chmod -R command on /bin directory, how can one recover it back?
Issue
- The permissions on the
/bindirectory have been altered. - The following command was executed for
/bin
# chmod -R 777 /bin
- This is causing failed services, or security vulnerabilities.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6/7
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