SUDO

[audriusb at homelan.lt]

Quoting Matt Christian <woodelf at gmail.com>:

You could:
  1) select "Recovery" kernel in GRUB menu,
  2) modify /etc/inittab and set default level to 1 (make a copy of /etc/inittab
working in this way) and reboot system.
Both methods will direct you to "Single user" mode and you will be able to
perfom all maintenance tasks.

Gediminas Bukauskas

> Eamonn and All,
>
> Okies, the install I was running last night is no doubt broken.  Sudo
> would  not work as expected, and kept producing  "unable to grant
> request' type errors.  I assumed it was a design feature of the OS,
> not an install glitch.  I enabled root and assigned my user account to
> adm group through DSL Boot disk.  It annoyed the heck out of me.
>
> I've been looking for 'the right' distro for a LONG time and was
> elated to see Kubuntu, but was crushed when I could't enable root or
> do related tasks. Yes, I RTFM.
>
> I have since reinstalled Kubuntu on an old Gateway and a new  Dell and
> sudo is working as expected.   So..  Pardon my earlier frustration and
> directness, I guess  working for this agency has jaded me a tad...
>
> As I said before, THANKS for all of you who took the time to give me
> real suggestions. =-)
>
> I'll STFU now .
>
> Karma? Karma! We don't need no stinking Karma!
> =====================================
> On Apr 12, 2005 9:26 AM, Eamonn Sullivan <eamonn.sullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 12, 2005 4:50 PM, Matt Christian <woodelf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks for the flames. Sorry I hit a nerve.
> > >
> > > The point wasn't sudo, it was the 'Now Children, real bit-twisters
> > > don't use root account'  attitude that I found in the WIKI postings,
> >
> > Hi, no flame, I just want to understand that point if I encounter it
> > again: What makes "sudo -" a 'Now Children' thing and "su" not
> > condescending? I'm just honestly curious. It took me a while to grok
> > sudo too, but now I prefer it and haven't noticed any reduction in my
> > karma. The issue comes up periodically on the list, usually staring
> > with an angry "Where the *&%^^ is root!" kind of posting. I'm at a
> > loss to understand it, though.
> >
> > -Eamonn (Not a Sun admin, but someone who started my Unix life on an
> > ancient SunOS workstation 25 years ago.)
> >
>
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