Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 22:21:06 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Ray <ray@stilltech.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disaster recovery - did I do the right thing? Message-ID: <20070506022106.GA51262@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200705051705.43504.ray@stilltech.net> References: <200705051705.43504.ray@stilltech.net>
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On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 05:05:42PM -0600, Ray wrote: > Hello all, > I did something stupid the other day (sleep deprivation combined with > a "clever" hack were the main reasons), and I'm just curious if I did the > right thing afterwards. > > The mistake: > /usr/local/# rm -f * > note that root was running bash as a shell at the time, found > in /usr/local/bin or something. > > What I did was to start over, reinstall from scratch. > my question, was there an easier way? Sure, just restore what you need from those backups you have so diligently been making --- :-) ////jerry > thanks, > Ray > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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