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getting back root user
Name: 123456 Date: August 27, 2008 at 09:43:53 Pacific OS: linux CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
i have changed /etc/passwd file as follows-- foo:x:0:0:/root:/bin/bash i.e. in the first line I replced first"root" by foo and rest of the things left unchanged.
now I am not able to login either as root or as foo. Is there is solution to get root user back?
Name: Shadowlight Date: August 27, 2008 at 14:27:35 Pacific
Reply:
First, the :x: in your /etc/passwd tells you that the password for that user is stored in /etc/shadow so if you change one you need to change the other also.
Now how to get it back..
1) Boot from a live CD 2) mount the / from your system on /mount (create the directory first) 3) edit /mount/etc/passwd and put root back in place or edit /mount/etc/shadow and make root foo 4) reboot the system.
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