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Is this ok or am I still screwed? 
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I hope you have a backup or can re-install the machine because well... You said it.<br />
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You might get somewhere by following this guide though, worth a shot:<br />
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<a href="http://www.adminlinux.org/2009/07/how-to-restore-default-system.html" rel="ugc">http://www.adminlinux.org/2009/07/how-to-restore-default-system.html</a>
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> Is this ok or am I still screwed?


I hope you have a backup or can re-install the machine because well... You said it.

You might get somewhere by following this guide though, worth a shot:

http://www.adminlinux.org/2009/07/how-to-restore-default-system.html [http://www.adminlinux.org/2009/07/how-to-restore-default-system.html]

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You better have a backup because you now have all kinds of issues including security apart from other issues.
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You better have a backup because you now have all kinds of issues including security apart from other issues.

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Thanks all. We are reloading from backup.
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Thanks all. We are reloading from backup.

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I have mistakenly changed the ownership and group on an entire RHEL6 system rather than the subdirectory I wanted. I have since changed everything back to root:root. <br />
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Is this ok or am I still screwed?
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I have mistakenly changed the ownership and group on an entire RHEL6 system rather than the subdirectory I wanted. I have since changed everything back to root:root. 

Is this ok or am I still screwed?

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