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robbie_a
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 Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2002 10:29 am Post subject: unknown id: root |
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Help please.
I was editing /etc/passwd for a user (not root) to add /bin/bash as shell
Logged out and logged back in, now can not su to root, get
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| Code: | | id: root: No such user |
however;
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| Code: | | uid=0(Root) gid=0(root) groups==0(root) |
/etc/passwd has Root.... should it be root instead?
Tried logging in under both root and single user mode, neither work.
Can I recover from this or do I have to reinstall? |
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kirill
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Joined: 01 Aug 2002
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2002 11:02 am Post subject: Re: unknown id: root |
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| robbie_a wrote: | Help please.
I was editing /etc/passwd for a user (not root) to add /bin/bash as shell
Logged out and logged back in, now can not su to root, get
gives
| Code: | | id: root: No such user |
however;
produces
| Code: | | uid=0(Root) gid=0(root) groups==0(root) |
/etc/passwd has Root.... should it be root instead?
Tried logging in under both root and single user mode, neither work.
Can I recover from this or do I have to reinstall? |
Follow these instructions to "login" into your Gentoo. After that fix /etc/passwd. Here is mine and it works:
| Code: | | root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash |
as you can see it's root not Root.
good luck
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pjp
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2002 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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Can you log in as Root instead of root?
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robbie_a
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| Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 12:14 am Post subject: thanks a million |
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Finally got time off work to try out your suggestion and it worked. Saved me from having to reinstall from scratch.
Root would not login and I was almost certain that Root was not supposed to be capitalized. |
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