Accidentally deleted /etc directory and its contents, what are the recommendations?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Issue

  • Accidentally deleted /etc directory and its contents

Recommendations

If the /etc directory data is accidentally deleted, it can severely impact the system since /etc contains critical configuration files required for system boot, authentication, n...

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