On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 16:18 -0400, Tim Largy wrote: > I edited a configuration file and didn't save the original :) > > $ pwd > /etc/samba > $ mv smb.conf smb.conf.save > $ rpm --install --replacepkgs --allfiles > /var/cache/yum/base/packages/samba-common-3.0.10-1.4E.6.i386.rpm For what it's worth, it's relatively painless to open RPM files in an archive handling program, like file roller, and just copy out the one file you want to get from the original packages. That'd work fairly easily for a program like Samba, but not for any RPM that dynamically created a configuration file during the installation process. ... Just in case this sort of thing crops up again. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
