[plug] I hate myself :( rm -r gone too far....

[craig at postnewspapers.com.au]

> This should do the trick I think. However, I've just found a more 
> immediate problem:
> 
> I have no name!@localhost$
> 
> I can't become root because one of the user config files has been 
> zapped, so I don't have enough permission to write anything to /etc. 
> Any ideas????

reboot and pass the following to the kernel at boot:

init=/bin/bash

That'll give you root w/o a password (this is why boot sector passwords
are a must for real security, along with BIOS setup passwords). 

That'll give you a very limited environment but you can begin system
recovery from there. Consider using "open" to open a few virtual
consoles before beginning, as shell job control won't work at this
level.

You'll probably need to :
devfsd /dev (if your system uses devfs)
mount -t proc none /proc

to get anything working. 

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