# I am idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbie\ **Created:** [January 9, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933 "2025-01-09T19:53:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zdislav](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zdislav/32/102917_2.png) [@zdislav](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/zdislav)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933/1 "2025-01-09T19:53:04Z")
i typed chown -R ftpuser:ftpuser / now my system is broken any idea how to fix it reinstall? PS linux is powerful ---
**Author:** ![BendTheKnee](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bendtheknee/32/116966_2.png) [@BendTheKnee](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/BendTheKnee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933/2 "2025-01-09T19:54:38Z")
Yes, reinstall… ---
**Author:** ![dbarronoss](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@dbarronoss](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dbarronoss)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933/3 "2025-01-09T19:57:45Z")
Unless you have a full backup to restore…yes…reinstall. ---
**Author:** ![winnyace](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/winnyace/32/135698_2.png) [@winnyace](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/winnyace)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933/4 "2025-01-09T19:58:40Z")
Can’t he use root to give back the perms to his user? ---
**Author:** ![BendTheKnee](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bendtheknee/32/116966_2.png) [@BendTheKnee](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/BendTheKnee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933/5 "2025-01-09T19:58:59Z")
You could try yo set al permissions in / to root and then change them in your user folder to $USER that shouldn’t make it worse. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933/6 "2025-01-09T20:03:02Z")
> [@zdislav](#): > > chown -R ftpuser:ftpuser / Were you trying to restrict an ftp user? ---
**Author:** ![zdislav](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zdislav/32/102917_2.png) [@zdislav](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/zdislav)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933/7 "2025-01-09T20:03:39Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933/8 "2025-01-09T20:03:55Z")
[https://www.baeldung.com/linux/restrict-ftp-user-directory](https://www.baeldung.com/linux/restrict-ftp-user-directory) ---
**Author:** ![dbarronoss](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@dbarronoss](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dbarronoss)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933/9 "2025-01-09T20:07:21Z")
Well, it’s not as bad as ‘rm -rf /’ and I’ve done that…but your system is basically screwed if the command completed. You’d pretty much never get it right again because it’s all about permissions. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-am-idiot/65933/10 "2025-01-11T20:07:31Z")
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