Post ArTgEmXMwQvgZO4UIi by mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk
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(DIR) Post #ArTgElrBTHBYSYKnY0 by mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk
2025-02-24T20:52:29Z
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Long thread:One thing I both love and find infuriating about #Unix systems is the ability royally to mess things up.#GNU #Linux #ShaggyDogStory
(DIR) Post #ArTgEmXMwQvgZO4UIi by mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk
2025-02-24T20:53:21Z
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I had one of those crazy events happen at the beginning of last weekend when I accidentally changed ownership of the /root directory structure. The immediate effect was that I couldn’t use #sudo to do anything as #root. Luckily, the computer did reboot and allowed me to log in directly as root and then I started to change all the ownerships and groups recursively back using #chown. #GNU #Linux #ShaggyDogStory
(DIR) Post #ArTgEnqY4bridA3Jpo by mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk
2025-02-24T20:54:21Z
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However, I still had to change some #SymbolicLinks, and it was quicker to delete them and re-link them with #ln. Everything went OK until the link from /usr/lib64 to /lib64. As soon as I deleted, I couldn’t execute anything and I was left with a system which couldn’t even get to #BootUp, let alone beyond it.#GNU #Linux #ShaggyDogStory
(DIR) Post #ArTgEpQkBWPdXhzjtI by wzqtparor@fedibird.com
2025-02-25T05:54:56Z
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That's why I always keep statically linked simple tools in my system, just in case.Something like busybox and fsck.@mkwadee
(DIR) Post #ArTgEuKtwfi4l2Idyi by mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk
2025-02-24T20:55:13Z
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It’s at times like these that you start feeling a little desperate and need to keep a cool head. I had a spare #USB drive and I borrowed my spouse’s Windows computer to install a #LiveDVD image on it for #Fedora. After disabling #UEFI temporarily, I was able to get the computer to boot.#GNU #Linux #ShaggyDogStory