Root account GONE

Dennis Kaarsemaker dennis at kaarsemaker.net
Sun Nov 7 19:08:51 UTC 2004


On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 13:08 -0500, Travis Newman wrote:
> I can't su -. I can't sudo. I can't login as root. I can't add users 
> because that needs a root account. I don't remember deleting the root 
> account, but it's not there anymore. Whenever I try to sudo it says 
> there's no passwd file for root, and obviously I can't make that passwd 
> file without root. Graaarr. Is there anything I can do or am I screwed?
> 
> Travis

Do /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow still exist?
-- 
Dennis K.
  And that's the way the cookie crumbles!





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