Accidentally CHMOD 777ed entire home folder

[Captain Awesome]

I just meant to do one folder, but I accidentally did it all, including Library. Is it okay to have Library as 777 or should it be something like 755?

Thx

 

[JNB]

Well, not the best thing to do, but if you're the only user, you may never notice a thing. I doubt any app or process is going to do anything untoward that it didn't already have write or execute permissions to at the group or global level.

EDIT: Looked at my own. ~ is 755, ~/Library is 700.

 

[angelwatt]

There can be potential issues, mostly concerning security. I suggest running Disk Utility and do a Repair Permissions. That should take care of most of this, though won't undo all the changes.

 

[Captain Awesome]

Thanks

 

[yetanotherdave]

There can be potential issues, mostly concerning security. I suggest running Disk Utility and do a Repair Permissions. That should take care of most of this, though won't undo all the changes.

This post should be remembered for all time as the only time ever, someone suggesting "repair permissions" as a fix is actually relevant!

 

[Ruahrc]

This post should be remembered for all time as the only time ever, someone suggesting "repair permissions" as a fix is actually relevant!

nice one!

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

This post should be remembered for all time as the only time ever, someone suggesting "repair permissions" as a fix is actually relevant!

*hangs head in shame*

I always suggest that first