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I ran something like:

sudo chmod -R 777 /.

In my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS it shows many errors on display, but anyway, the damage was done. Now I can't use sudo

sudo: error en /etc/sudo.conf, línea 0 mientras carga plugin 'sudoers_policy'
sudo: /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so sólo tener permisos de escritura por el propietario
sudo: error fatal, no se puede cargar los plugins

And besides of that I'm nervous about what else I have broken.

Is there a way to reestablish the right permissions of the system files?

I apologise for the English, that is not my native language.

Cristiana Nicolae
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The only way to undo that would be a tedious by hand process for which you would need to know all the files original permissions. Save yourself the headache, Use a live USB/CD in conjunction with an external drive to backup your /home folder and do a clean fresh install.

Videonauth
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  • thanks, I was very afraid of that, at least the system is working. have a nice day – Alejandro Garcilazo Jun 16 '16 at 18:15
  • Yes your system did not break from that, but the Operating System is in the fritz in its current state. You might click the check-mark beside my answer to mark it as accepted if it was helpful for you. – Videonauth Jun 16 '16 at 18:18
  • Thanks a lot for the help, Im going to reinstall, but i got some databases in mysql, so in order to run the server and the phpmyadmin i ran the installation cd, mount the unit and execute :

    chmod -R 755 . in the directory of mysql

    I tell this in case some have a similar trouble

     – Alejandro Garcilazo Jun 20 '16 at 17:17
  • One more comment, I try the reinstall, and works whitout sweeping my home directory... The catch is the software center doesn't work at all, after a quick search here I reinstall the software center but it marks not a few errors, so i'm going to reinstall from zero – Alejandro Garcilazo Jun 21 '16 at 23:24