how to make /usr/lib owned by root again

Question

I chowned -R username /usr/lib and now i cannot sudo or do any thing really due to sudoers.so belonging to username.

How do i fix this and make /usr/lib owned by root again?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 21 '15 at 13:29

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edited Jun 21 '15 at 13:29

A.B.

answered Jun 19 '15 at 18:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2013-12-11T08:58:28.300

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Try with one of the following :

sudo chown [USERNAME]:root /usr/lib

Or

sudo chmod 0755 /usr/lib

Use option -R with chown if its just for recursive.

edited Dec 11 '13 at 08:58

answered Dec 11 '13 at 05:33

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 19 '15 at 18:40

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It's very easy! Boot with Instalation CD (Ubuntu), and go to /media/ubuntu/(your disk Ubuntu), then execute:

sudo chown root -R /usr/lib

edited Jun 19 '15 at 18:40

heemayl

answered Jun 19 '15 at 18:31

Weber Rener Paiva

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