Syd Hancock syd@toufol.com wrote:
[...] After a reboot the permissions had reverted to what they were before the chmod command. This is probably some basic bit of info that I lack but is this usual? I was very surprised when it happened.
Doesn't sound normal to me. Were errors shown on reboot (like discs not unmounting cleanly), does anyone know if there are any fun processes on Mandrake that "fix" permissions in /usr and can you reproduce this?