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I have accidentally deleted /etc. Does anybody knows how to recover from such a situation ? At least I can use ssh while the server is in rescue mode (dedicated server from ovh.com). I could already mount / and /home. Now I need to recover /etc content and reinstall correctly all my stuff. I am using virtual-box for this ad I'll try to copy /etc from the virtual box to the server. May be I will need to make a clean install from scratch ?

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    Restore from backups?
    – andol
    Apr 3, 2013 at 10:13
  • I don't have backup of /etc
    – yves
    Apr 3, 2013 at 10:26
  • "Now I need to recover /etc content" - that's just plain data recovery. There's no undelete, unless you did this in a desktop environment with a file manager with support for a "trash" to recover from.
    – gertvdijk
    Apr 3, 2013 at 12:19
  • Unfortunately it is headless, so only via ssh...
    – yves
    Apr 3, 2013 at 15:25

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In leiu of restoring from backup, the easiest way is going to be to just back up /home and reinstall. Next time you can just job the entire VirtualBox file to back it up.

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  • yes that's what I currently doing finally.
    – yves
    Apr 3, 2013 at 13:31
  • Actually without a backup of /etc, the only way I found is, before a complete re-install, to try to backup as much as possible data.
    – yves
    Apr 3, 2013 at 15:27
  • Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions ! Have a nice day.
    – yves
    Apr 3, 2013 at 15:28

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