On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 08:59:49PM +0000, Jack Byers wrote: > > Well I was trying to back up my /etc dir of my 5.2 sys byers > by copying it over to a subdir under a username on my 6.2 sys corni > I used ftp as root and thot i had the right syntax > to get the files copied over to that subdir.
Whoa... Sounds very bad. Another exemple why you shouldn't do this as root, I guess. > full reinstall only possibility? or what? > I am not thinking too clearly right now... > any advice appreciated.. Use `ls` to get the list of the files in /etc/ that are dated from the ftp transfer. Use `rpm -qf` to determine what packages these belong to and re-install them using the `--replacefiles` to get the /etc/ files by default. Some of the files change, you should be able to edit by hand provided you don't have too complicated a system (passwd, group, shadow, hosts, etc...) Emmanuel _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
