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#1 2011-03-26 23:12:44
- botzoboy
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Help!! (sudo rm -rf /tmp/*)
I am so stupid
I executed by mistake:
sudo rm -rf /tmp/*
and now I can not login
Can someone help me??
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#2 2011-03-26 23:19:53
- milomouse
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Re: Help!! (sudo rm -rf /tmp/*)
Can't log into console or slim.. or what? Also, did you try to reboot?
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#3 2011-03-26 23:22:37
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Re: Help!! (sudo rm -rf /tmp/*)
In the words of the IT Crowd: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
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#4 2011-03-26 23:24:35
- botzoboy
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Re: Help!! (sudo rm -rf /tmp/*)
milomouse thanks for helping me
i can login in console :vim, htop, console applications are working
I can not login using slim it give me : failed to execute login command
restarting is not a solution (already 5 times and no succes)
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#5 2011-03-26 23:28:07
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Re: Help!! (sudo rm -rf /tmp/*)
you did something else. everything is deleted at reboot/shutdown from /tmp
Last edited by wonder (2011-03-26 23:31:47)
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
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#6 2011-03-26 23:37:50
- botzoboy
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Re: Help!! (sudo rm -rf /tmp/*)
you did something else. everything is deleted at reboot/shutdown from /tmp
I runed this comand, the screen got black and not responding and the pushed power butotn to restart
and thats all
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#7 2011-03-26 23:41:27
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Re: Help!! (sudo rm -rf /tmp/*)
wonder wrote:you did something else. everything is deleted at reboot/shutdown from /tmp
I runed this comand, the screen got black and not responding and the pushed power butotn to restart
and thats all
This command cannot do that. /tmp is temporary. You may have did a typo. Mount a livecd and check whether any of your partitions are empty.
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#8 2011-03-27 00:31:14
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Re: Help!! (sudo rm -rf /tmp/*)
This command cannot do that. /tmp is temporary. You may have did a typo. Mount a livecd and check whether any of your partitions are empty.
Same thought. But it's not neccessary to boot from a live CD, he can boot to console and everything.
I wonder if he did "sudo rm -rf /tmp/ *".
Last edited by lives2evil (2011-03-27 00:32:21)
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#9 2011-03-27 00:45:03
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Re: Help!! (sudo rm -rf /tmp/*)
All partitions are ok
I uninstalled Slim and then I tryed startx but it give a black screen .
I reinstalled slim, deleted /var/lock/slim.lock no succes
Instaled Gdm and now is working.
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#10 2011-03-27 02:44:28
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Re: Help!! (sudo rm -rf /tmp/*)
This is why I generally never use the -f flag when working in the root directory. Bad things happen to good people. Stick with the -i flag to save you from yourself!
Hofstadter's Law:
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
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