Deleted root directory- d'oh!

pickarooney

So I was logged as root, in /root directory, deleting a list of files from a remote directory e.g.

rm /some/other/directory/fileslikethis*

I accidentally put in a space and typed

rm /some/other/directory/fileslikethis *

and so deleted everything in /root, besides the subdirectories.
I'm using an ext3 filesystem, so there's no chance of undeleting.

Can anyone tell me roughly what files are in /root by default and which, if any, are vital for booting. If I do a reinstall/rescue, should I be able to recover most of it?

And yes, I know, I should be more careful when deleting things as root. The files in question had root-only permissions, if that's any excuse!

[edit]thankfully, the hidden dirs in /root still all seem to be there, so no major damage done[/edit]

nadir

I dont think there is much important in /root, apart from like config files of apps run by root, like .ssh .xauth, and what have you.
should be ok.

JustHalf

For a minute there I thought that was the old:

# cd /; rm -rf /

trick.

pickarooney

It could quite easily have been. Sure, the config files should regenerate themselves over time... I reckon.