chmod on /System/Library/ in Mac Snow Leopard - Now Cannot Open Terminal

Question

I was trying to run a command to fix a different issue, but when I cut and pasted the string there was a space in it and this is what was run:

sudo chmod 000 /System/Library/

Now when I try to open terminal, it just sits there with a blank screen and nothing loads. This started almost immediatey after I ran that command. Any ideas how to reverse this back to previous permissions? I did try repairing disk permissions, but that does not seem to have solved it. Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Start your mac in single user mode. Than you get a commandline prompt where you can enter

chmod 755 /System/Library

Answer 2

Open /System in Finder (Go - Go to Folder..), select 'Library' folder, Cmd+I, click lock icon to unlock settings (enter your pwd), set permissions.