On Oct 12, 2015 11:01 PM, "Mauro Santos" <registo.mailling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 12-10-2015 09:49, Florian Pritz wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 19:17:53 -0700 "Ian D. Scott" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > >> Note to self (and others): keep a statically linked suid root copy of > >> busybox handy. > > > > Busybox in the repo is statically linked, but you should really have a > > usb stick or PXE boot with a somewhat recent ISO because in many > > situations even busybox won't help you. Nice to keep it around anyway. > > > > I assume the "best" course of action in these cases is to use pacman > with --root and give it the path to the hosed / right? I wouldn't say it's the best in all scenarios, but it's a sure way of fixing the problem if you didn't happen to have a statically linked suid busybox ready. > > -- > Mauro Santos
