Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 00:51:32 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: gregory.nou@metz.supelec.fr Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A stupid thing I've done... Message-ID: <41F2E704.4050405@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <41F2E3A0.1040103@supelec.fr> References: <41F2E3A0.1040103@supelec.fr>
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Gregory Nou wrote: > I've tried to chroot an user, so i create /home/this_user/usr and the > other needed directories, but later, I wanted to delete them (as root of > course) and i typed rm -r /usr instead of rm -r usr ... > It asked me if i wanted to overwrite su, so i saw my mistake, and > cancelled, but i don't have adduser, man, ee and ... make anymore ! > How can I repair that ? can i do something without reinstalling > everything ? (I need at least make... and I'm quite reluctant at > compiling /usr/src/usr.bin/make ... So i hope there is another way) Not only do you need make, but also gcc and other utilities. I would consider /usr wiped, even if you still have "su". You might find relief in /rescue or /stand/sysinstall. You won't reinstall the whole system creating slices and labes and all that, but you will most likely need to reinstall a lot though. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2
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