FC3 (urgent): /lib/ empty system wants /lib/ld-linux.so.2 and box dont execute commands...

Thomas Cameron thomas.cameron at camerontech.com
Sat Sep 17 00:00:51 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 23:29 +0200, Danny Terweij wrote:
> My /lib/ is empty. probaly someone (more admins) deleted the files by
> accident.
> 
> I have still 1 ssh session open on root. but i cant do anything.
> 
> What is the best way to get the "core" /lib/ files back? (other libs i do
> recompile/reinstall afterwards if i can get in)
> 
> Using rescue CD ?
> Doing a reinstall from CD1(-4) ?
> 
> ( i tried to do # echo "..[some config lines]..." >> /etc/proftpd.conf to
> to allow root to login and set home default / root setting, but that wont
> work.. i think proftpd needs to restart to see new config changes...)
> 
> Thanks in advance... i am waiting for an anwer so i can get a operational
> box again...

As I'm sure you've guessed by the roaring silence, there is no "easy"
way to do this.  You really need to restore from backup.

You *do* have a backup, don't you?  :-)

Thomas




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