Re: getting bash back on a system

[Nick Hastings <hastings@bmail.kek.jp>]

Hi,

* Eric R Cheney <cheney@soc.umass.edu> [030227 13:12]:
> 
> Well, I managed the dumbest: I uninstalled bash (don't ask, please
> don't ask why...).   Though apt complained it didn't want to...I did.
> Ouch!

I'd be surprised if you could "unistall" bash. Surely you just deleted
/bin/bash. No?

If this is the case then just get /bin/bash from another machine.

scp othermachine:/bin/bash /bin/


Then with the binary there, you should be able to run apt-get and
friends. So reinstall bash, to make sure you have the correct binary

apt-get install --reinstall bash


HTH,

Nick.


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