URGENT: I destroyed bash

flamesrock · 09-04-2004, 02:40 AM

Thinking it was a directory, I tried to copy a shell script file to it, so I ended up overwriting /bin/bash. Now what do I do?! I'm lost..I'm afraid to turn off the computer.

-thanks in advance

serz · 09-04-2004, 03:02 AM

Get the bash package and re-install it.

flamesrock · 09-04-2004, 01:31 PM

Thanks, but how do I do that? I can't even log in.

david_ross · 09-04-2004, 01:38 PM

Just boot up with CD1. Mount your existing root partition (assuming it is hda1):
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt

Then copy the bash binary from the CD:
mv /mnt/bin/bash /mnt/bin/bash-script
cp /bin/bash /mnt/bin/

flamesrock · 09-04-2004, 02:01 PM

thanks! that did the trick.