Re: HELP: want to recover /usr/local

From: Robert G. (Doc) Savage (dsavage_at_peaknet.net)
Date: 10/06/04

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    On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 00:52, Sathish S. Vadhiyar wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I accidentally removed /usr/local on a machine. This was where I was
    > having all 3rd-party software. Moreover this was serving as NFS filesystem
    > for other machines in my cluster. I still haven't rebooted the system. Is
    > there any magical way in fedora to restore the directory? ANy help will be
    > GREATLY appreciated.

    Satish,

    What you really need is the help of a computer forensics analyst,
    preferably one who has successfully completed the SANS Track 8 course.

    However, if someone with those skills is not available and you must do
    it yourself, you will need The Sleuth Kit set of tools (specifically the
    icat tool) from http://sleuthkit.sourceforge.net. Be advised that these
    are powerful -- and unforgiving -- tools. Used incorrectly they can do
    very serious damage to your system. There is a web front-end to TSK
    called Autopsy that makes recovery (or total destruction) a lot easier.

    Two other tools you might also use are lazarus and foremost
    (http://sourceforge.net/projects/foremost). If any of the file types you
    are trying to recover are not recognized by the 'files' utility, check
    http://www.wotsit.org and add their header specs to the foremost.conf
    file.

    Good luck.

    -- Doc
    Robert G. (Doc) Savage, BSE(EE), CISSP, RHCE | Fairview Heights, IL
    Fedora Core 1 kernel 2.4.22-1.2199.nptl on P-III/M IBM Thinkpad A22p
    "Perfection is the enemy of good enough."
                             -- Admiral of the Fleet Sergei G. Gorshkov 

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