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Re: Help: Lost *BASH* & *util-linux* - & cant login at all!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bryan Feir)
Sun Oct 27 21:13:05 1996
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 21:09:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Bryan Feir <jenora@istar.ca>
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On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, PSCI wrote:
> Due to inadvertently removing (uninstalling) bash & util-linux by
> someone who shouldnt have had 'root', we can no longer login to the
> shell (it returns imm. to login aft. p/w). We are using RH 3.0.3 updated
> to kernel 2.0.0. Is there a way to "restore" bash and util-linux short
> of reinstalling and losing all?? Anxiously awaiting help !
Sure, it's fairly easy... assuming you can FTP in as root, which may
be locked out. Get a copy of bash from some other source and FTP it
into place, then log in. FTP doesn't require a shell.
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Bryan Feir VA3GBF|"Many a man in love with a dimple has made the
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jenora@istar.ca | -- Stephen Leacock
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