Issue
We have a linux based server and the lib/lib64 folders were renamed (lib64 -> lib and lib -> lib2). The guy who did it already knows how stupid it was, but it's really screwed things up for the rest of us because now we can't use any functions, or log in as root to fix the problem.
Any ideas? We're hoping that we could boot from a red hat installation cd/DVD/usb, and run the commands that we need from there without overriding the actual OS thats already installed (it would take quite a while to get it back to where we are now) but I dunno if that's possible in our current situation.
Solution
Yeah, that's definitely one way to do it. Boot from an installation disk and select rescue mode. Then mount the system's root filesystem and put the folders back.
Answered By - David Schwartz Answer Checked By - Senaida (WPSolving Volunteer)