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

[Brad Campbell]

Sol wrote:
> 
> > You might want to try rsync(1) to get the bulk of it back (ie, files
> that
> > are missing).
> >
> > Or maybe .. rsync your current /etc dir into the unpacked backup -
> which
> > should update files that have been modified and that you still have,
> then mv
> > the whole lot back to /etc to override the partial set of files you
> have
> > there.
> Thankyou Brian,
> 
> 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 with init=/bin/bash will give you a root shell..

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