Re: root account problem

2002-02-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 01:29:51PM -0500, Mike Kuhar wrote: > Be advised. Before deleting files, be sure you know how to replace them. > In most cases, it's mor prudent to make copies of files instead of deleting > them. Such as change .profile to .profile.bak. Don't put yourself into a > positi

RE: root account problem

2002-02-10 Thread Mike Kuhar
om: Christian Schoenebeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:04 AMTo: debian-user@lists.debian.orgSubject: root account problem Hi!   I had to delete some settings, so I simply deleted every file and folder in the /root directory. This caused some strange effe

root account problem

2002-02-10 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
Hi!   I had to delete some settings, so I simply deleted every file and folder in the /root directory. This caused some strange effects: When I now login as root, the prompt is now [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of just host. But most important, I can't execute sbin programs (reboot, halt, etc.) a