[Solved] Accidentally Deleted /etc/rc.d

Proofrific · 2013-05-20 20:05:54

I accidentally deleted my /etc/rc.d folder. I'm using systemd, so should I worry about it? I did a `ls` right before the delete, and the files were:

avahi-daemon functions.d ip6tables net-profiles ntpd sshd
avahi-dnsconfd hal iptables net-rename ntpdate vmware
crond httpd net-auto-wired netfs ppp vmware.d
functions hwclock net-auto-wireless network rfkill wicd

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karol · 2013-05-20 20:10:50

You should regularly backup /etc (and /home ), so either way this shouldn't be an issue.

WonderWoofy · 2013-05-20 20:14:29

karol wrote:

You should regularly backup /etc (and /home ), so either way this shouldn't be an issue.

I back up /usr/local as well since I put my terribly written personal scripts there... including the one I use to back things up.

mcmillan · 2013-05-20 20:25:44

beyond the advice to have good backups, if you're using a straight systemd, it shouldn't break anything. But to be safe if you don't have current backups you can just reinstall the packages that own those files (which you can figure out with pacman -Qo)

Scimmia · 2013-05-20 20:26:02

You did it accidentally, I did it on purpose. When you're using systemd, those files are of no use and are now actively being removed from packages. In the very near future, that dir will be totally empty anyway.

karol · 2013-05-20 20:28:24

WonderWoofy wrote:

karol wrote:
You should regularly backup /etc (and /home ), so either way this shouldn't be an issue.
I back up /usr/local as well since I put my terribly written personal scripts there... including the one I use to back things up.

I have a copy of mine in ~/scripts as I use vim and have set it to keep backups of the files I edit in the same directory as the edited files and this has the drawback of cron running both backup.daily and backup.daily~ ;P
I simply edit scripts in ~/scripts and move them to /etc/cron.daily/ or /usr/local/bin when I'm done.

Proofrific · 2013-05-20 20:36:18

I just restarted my computer, and everything works fine.

I accidentally deleted /etc/rc.d/ because I was reinstalling vmware player, and I was trying to delete the initscripts. Sadly, `rm -R /etc/rc.d/vmware*` has a very different meaning when there's a space before the asterisk. Haha.

Thanks for the backup tips. I do regularly back up /home, but hadn't thought about backing up /etc.

alphaniner · 2013-05-20 20:40:52

Sadly, `rm -R /etc/rc.d/vmware*` has a very different meaning when there's a space before the asterisk. Haha.

Just be glad you weren't at / when you did that. I'm sure I read at least one account of that in the "worst computing mistakes" thread.

Proofrific · 2013-05-20 20:42:36

Yes, I was already in the /etc/rc.d/ directory when I did it. It would be terrible to do it at /. Facepalm would be so appropriate for that.

karol · 2013-05-20 20:49:09

alphaniner wrote:

Sadly, `rm -R /etc/rc.d/vmware*` has a very different meaning when there's a space before the asterisk. Haha.
Just be glad you weren't at / when you did that. I'm sure I read at least one account of that in the "worst computing mistakes" thread.

I recall someone doing

# rm -rf / some/thing

65kid · 2013-05-20 20:56:16

karol wrote:

alphaniner wrote:
Sadly, `rm -R /etc/rc.d/vmware*` has a very different meaning when there's a space before the asterisk. Haha.
Just be glad you weren't at / when you did that. I'm sure I read at least one account of that in the "worst computing mistakes" thread.
I recall someone doing
# rm -rf / some/thing

reminds me:
https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old … ce6#diff-1

the memes in the comments are pure awesomeness.

x33a · 2013-05-21 06:45:19

65kid wrote:

karol wrote:
I recall someone doing
# rm -rf / some/thing
reminds me:
https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old … ce6#diff-1
the memes in the comments are pure awesomeness.

Wow, made my day. And the comments are continuing even till a month back

Scimmia wrote:

You did it accidentally, I did it on purpose. When you're using systemd, those files are of no use and are now actively being removed from packages. In the very near future, that dir will be totally empty anyway.

Yeah, but when you upgrade the packages which still have those scripts, the files will be recreated

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Scimmia · 2013-05-21 09:21:08

x33a wrote:

Scimmia wrote:
You did it accidentally, I did it on purpose. When you're using systemd, those files are of no use and are now actively being removed from packages. In the very near future, that dir will be totally empty anyway.
Yeah, but when you upgrade the packages which still have those scripts, the files will be recreated

No they won't. I had /etc/rc.d/* in "NoExtract" in pacman.conf so they won't be, but now that they're being removed, no updated package should have those files anymore.

WonderWoofy · 2013-05-21 14:16:43

Globbing support in NoExtract? Thanks pacman 4.1

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