Overwritten /etc/root file

phasing · 2010-10-14 22:11:21

By mistake I overwritten the /etc/root file, and now I don't want to reboot.

Is the file important?

Is it system specific, or could I use one of yours?

Right now I'm trying to find any data recovery program..

TY!

karol · 2010-10-14 22:13:49

I don't have such file, so I don't know if it was important. Do you have some backups of it to give us the idea what was inside?
What filesystem is you /etc?

RaisedFist · 2010-10-14 22:14:24

is there such a file? if there is, what's its use? i don't have it on my system

phasing · 2010-10-14 22:29:03

karol wrote:

I don't have such file, so I don't know if it was important. Do you have some backups of it to give us the idea what was inside?
What filesystem is you /etc?

RaisedFist wrote:

is there such a file? if there is, what's its use? i don't have it on my system

Shame on me!! shame!!

Discovered the problem.

By mistake I copied .bashrc to /etc, but named it root, because i wanted to copy .bashrc to /root, so it created a file in /etc named root

When I saw the content of the file I thought I overwritten an important file.

I'm in th linux world for some times, and an average cmdline user.

But i got scared..

All good now, can go to bed.

Arch Linux

#1 2010-10-14 22:11:21

Overwritten /etc/root file

#2 2010-10-14 22:13:49

Re: Overwritten /etc/root file

#3 2010-10-14 22:14:24

Re: Overwritten /etc/root file

#4 2010-10-14 22:29:03

Re: Overwritten /etc/root file

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