Re: new user doesn't crash

[Nate Reindl <fiction@sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 04:41:23PM -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> You should now be able to log in as steve using what had been newuser's
> stable home directory. Then as root, you could recover your saved stuff
> from that tarball.

The only problem, then, is reintroducing a faulty config and having to
try the tarball dance again.

Take Doc's advice, but take it in steps.

for dotfile in .*
do
	cp $dotfile ~/
	test_config
done

> Do you have an UPS to isolate your machine from power glitches?

Yeah, we do, but we reserve it for our network equipment.

-- 
Nathaniel Reindl

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