[Fwd: Re: recovery from stupid error]

[Dick Davies]

* Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> [0706 15:06]:
> hi,
> 
> i think that was targeted at the list...
> 
> ciao
> 	oli

Content-Description: Weitergeleitete Nachricht - Re: recovery from stupid error
> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:49:20 -0400
> From: "Jay R. Wren" <jrwren at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "Jay R. Wren" <jrwren at gmail.com>
> To: Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: recovery from stupid error

> > why didnt you run a recovery session from the grub bootmenu ? ubuntu
> > comes with a predefined set of bootmenu options (accessible by pressing
> > esc if grub showns up in the bootprocess) like a memtest or even a
> > recovery session that lets you work as root on a broken system.
> > no need to add a root account and fiddle with it in X.
> 
> It still would be very nice if gdm in failsafe mode did a simple :
> if [ ! -w $HOME ]; export HOME=/tmp; fi
> 
> That way the user could still have a failsafe login via X.

That's a bad idea imo. 
if the user is'nt notified what happened, there's the potential of sensitive files
being created in /tmp. 

Booting single user seems like the sanest way to get your files back and get on with
your life (or create a new empty ~ and learn the lesson).

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