On 0, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.22.0235 +0200]: > > >You need to delete /etc completely over an SSH connection from 4000 > > >miles away, and then restore that from backup in the same SSH > > >connection to fully love UNIX ;^> > > > > > echo "pete::1210:1210:::/home/pete:/bin/bash" > /etc/passwd > > exit > > forget it. ssh won't let you in, it has no host keys. plus, the entire > mail, web, database, etc. systems are all virtually broken.
I thought that was the point... even the added account has no password. Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "There are few things more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own." - Doug Larson Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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