Re: deleted /tmp directory...can't login at all now!!!
hi ya
nothing special in /tmp
mkdir /tmp
chmod 1777 /tmp
restart X11 ( xfs in particular ) -- reboot might be simpler for ya
--- hint ... do do anything as root... when doing regular work
c ya
alvin
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, root wrote:
>
> Can someone help me recover here?
>
> I "meant" to do this: rm -r /tmp/*
> but instead I deleted the whole /tmp directory
> and now when I enter my user name and password
> I get thrown back to the graphical login screen.
>
> I am using Debian Woody and would appreciate
> any help because I am clueless on how to recover. Thanks.
>
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