Re: Deleted root account in passwd

[Kent West]

Pete Clarke wrote:
Hi there,
<dumb mode>I managed to delete the root entry in /etc/passwd whilst 
playing on a test box</dumb mode>
Is there an easy way of re-inserting, or copying the backup passwd 
file I have without physical access to the box?

I can ssh into it, but only as a regular user - obviously I can't su 
to root as it doesn't exist anymore :-)

Any ideas?
Cheers

Surely you've set up sudo for normal root-type things? If not, without 
physical access, I don't know of any way around the problem.

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Kent
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