On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 08:26 AM, Alan Dayley wrote:
> Insightful, Kevin.
>
> I logged out of the computer and could not log back in. Permission
> errors on bash. So the next time I try to boot it will have to be
> alternative boot media, ie. a rescue CD.
Yeah, I cringed when the first response was to reboot the machine . . .
I knew someone would get upset over that one.
First of all, try starting using an alternate shell. If you use LILO,
I believe the command you are looking for is:
linux init=/bin/ash
OR
linux init=/bin/tcsh
OR
linux init=/bin/ksh
If you are lucky, then you will have one of these alternate shells
installed (very likely). If not, as noted, you will need to boot using
a recovery disk. If you have the install CDs you should be able to use
them to recover things. If you can't figure out how, then don't
hesitate to ask. (Hint: at a very minimum, you might be able to Alt-F2
on the graphical screen to get a shell. You can probably mount, fix,
and reboot, but it will take a bit o' knowledge.)
In either case, you can fix bash when you get a shell by typing:
chmod 755 /bin/bash
Good luck. If you don't get it fixed, someone at the InstallFest can
get it done in minutes. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend, but
if you have a "Linux" hat (not "GNU/Linux") then you will soon find out
who knows their way around. :-)
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