On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Bob Proulx <[email protected]> wrote: > jacques wrote: >> by error most of the binaries in /usr are erased (killing rm :-( > > Everyone has made that mistake at some point. I know I have!
Not me! Though I did chmod -R /usr once. I noticed it immediately and cancelled. Most of the commands were broken, though luckily tar and scp still worked, so I copied over a backup and untarred it. This anecdote is brought up whenever anyone suggests skipping /usr /bin in backups is a good idea because the data doesn't change and would be recovered by OS reinstall anyway (yes I've heard that argument). Which brings me to another fun question. What's your worst administration mistake and how did you recover? -Bryan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cag367gzn9n+v8tuwamfra-p4co6domhyebmv_x3ay1mn18z...@mail.gmail.com
