i just did a rm -rf /*r as root!!!

[Smith, Albert]

Your best bet would be a complete reinstall unless you have a backup.

Albert Smith
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
HPCSA, RHCT
Genex Services
440 E. Swedesford Rd.
Wayne, PA 19087
albert.smith at genexservices.com
(610) 964-5154
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of bruce
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:15 PM
> To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
> Subject: i just did a rm -rf /*r as root!!!
> 
> hi...
> 
> i stupidly just did a 'rm -rf /*r' and i understand that 
> there's no way to redo/undo this command.. it seems to have 
> blown away my /usr/bin dir..
> although, for all i know, i may have screwed up a lot more...
> 
> my question, is there someway that i can reinstall the 
> '/usr/bin' dir.. or am i pretty much f*ed up. i have fedora 
> core 2. (i've asked th question on the FC2 list, and they 
> leep telling me that i need to do a complete
> reinstall) i thought there was a way to more or less recreate 
> the indoe, or that there was some way that you can recover if 
> you haven't done anything with the drive since the 'rm 
> -rf'... i've seen some postings/information on google that 
> kind of discuss this. but i need more understanding...
> 
> this is a critical system that i was putting alot of things 
> on.. i haven't done anything else to the box after my mistake..
> 
> -bruce
> bedouglas at earthlink.net
> 
> 
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