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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Brain Teaser
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Date: 8 Oct 90 14:30:41 GMT
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In article <1990Oct6.042126.24228@athena.mit.edu> wchuang@athena.mit.edu (Mithrandir) writes:
>In article <Oct90.150551.3649@x.co.uk> mike@x.co.uk (Mike Moore) writes:
>>  mv /bin/sh /bin/sh.bin
>On a single-machine, you could reboot the workstation, bring it up in
>single-user mode, and move /bin/sh.bin back to /bin/sh.

What command interpreter do you expect to use in single-user mode?
Every machine I've used (Near-Unices), uses /bin/sh.

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