Lost Root, what to do

[Abdullah Ramazanoglu]

Leaf wrote:
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> Now I have no root, I can not invoke sudo (no password found for root!),
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You can boot from any live-CD (even installable ones with "recovery console"
option), mount your Kubuntu root partition under /mnt or somewhere,
edit /mnt/etc/passwd, alternatively copy /mnt/etc/passwd- (backup) back to
passwd, then reboot into Kubuntu.

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Abdullah Ramazanoglu
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