Enter into single user mode $cp /etc/passwd~ /etc/passwd $cp /etc/shadow

In my linux machine, i lost /etc/passwd file
and /etc/shadow file, then how can i recover it?

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Answer Posted / rallapalli

Enter into single user mode
$cp /etc/passwd~ /etc/passwd
$cp /etc/shadow~ /etc/shadow

passwd~ and shadow~ are backup files of passwd, shadow

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