root problems!
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Fri, 27 Sep 2002 14:37:47 -0400
I will try an alternate shell first. I use GRUB so it is time to learn how to
do a command line in GRUB.
Alan
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:09:41 -0700 Voltage Spike <voltage_spike@fastmail.fm>
wrote:
> 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. :-)
>
> - --
>
> Voltage Spike
> ,,,
> (. .)
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