ALS schrieb:
> I deleted /usr/bin by accident.. long story. I have ftp access and a similar
> machine with root permissions. I ftp (mput) all the bin files over. I can
> see this in ls using native ftp. However, I am unable to exec any of the
> commands including ls and chmod.

IIRC one can chmod through the ftp connection
via the

site umask ...

subcommand.