Gavin Maltby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 07/12/05 11:59, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>exec /bin/ksh -o vi
> >
> >
> > As we alrerady have discussed before, this is a really bad idea
> > as it may make a system unusable if /usr could not be mounted.
>
> It's been some time since I was last familiar with this stuff.
> Am I correct in saying that /lib (as distinct to /usr/lib)
> contains libraries that may be needed during recovery operations
> (eg, when /usr is unavailable)? I think that is correct,
> and explains the demise of the old static binaries
> in /usr/sbin/static.
>
> Anyway, an ldd on /usr/bin/bash shows that it requires nothing
> outside of /lib (ie nothing in /usr). So my guess would be
> that simply copying /usr/bin/bash to /sbin would make it
> available to you in times of emergency (ie when only /
> is mounted, perhaps ro).
This does not help ud /usr is not mounted in single user emergency mode.
/bin is a symlink to /usr/bin and when /usr is not mounted, then
there is no /bin/ksh -> the bourne shell dies from the exec above.
Jörg
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