Re: [tlug] Computer fails to boot

["David Bernat" <dbernat@example.com>]

"Clemens Schwaighofer" <gullevek@example.com> wrote:


>probably easiest way is too boot with a live cd, mount your root
>partition and see that /bin/sh (or the target symlink) has the correct
>+x permissions set.
>
>on a debian /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash and bin/bash has 0755 rights


I have booted a live CD of Knoppix.

The hard disk is mounted. /bin/sh points to dash.

I cannot see a way to set permissions for /bin/sh. Knoppix labels /bin/sh
as a link without permissions,

dash can be changed only with root rights, and I can't see a way to get
root rights at the moment.