On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:30:54 -0500
michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > does remote machine have ipmi?
indeed..or iLO or serial console... you'd be surprised the number of dedicated
servers on offer that don't have any out of band access available... i guess
it's the option everyone wants once
J
On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:04:00AM +0100, Redd Vinylene wrote:
On this dedicated box here I made the mistake of adding a comment to
root's entry in my password file:
root:*:0:0::/root:/bin/sh # What I thought would be a harmless comment.
Now I can't su to root. And my ISP is closed on
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Michael Powell wrote:
> I've never figured out why people seem to always want to play with the
> root account the way they do, such as the favorite "I wanna use bash
> for root's shell"...
Probably because most users are unaware of the harm that it c
If so, force it to reboot - maybe by pulling the plug if you have to
then bring it up in single user mode.
CTRL-ALT-DEL shutdowns the system unless it was configured not to.
Remount root mount -u /
Then use vipw to edit the file and remove that comment and any trailing
blanks on that lin
On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:04:00AM +0100, Redd Vinylene wrote:
> On this dedicated box here I made the mistake of adding a comment to
> root's entry in my password file:
>
> root:*:0:0::/root:/bin/sh # What I thought would be a harmless comment.
>
> Now I can't su to root. And my ISP is closed o
On Sun, December 7, 2008 11:04, Redd Vinylene wrote:
> On this dedicated box here I made the mistake of adding a comment to
> root's entry in my password file:
>
> root:*:0:0::/root:/bin/sh # What I thought would be a harmless comment.
>
> Now I can't su to root. And my ISP is closed on Sundays. Is
Ruben de Groot wrote:
[snip]
>
> This advise is only helpful if you have root allready =)
I've never figured out why people seem to always want to play with the
root account the way they do, such as the favorite "I wanna use bash
for root's shell"...
Since the OP seems to want to keep playing w
On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 06:02:26AM -0500, Michael Powell typed:
> Redd Vinylene wrote:
>
> > Thanks guys. But I guess I'm all outta luck:
> >
> > $ sudo -s
> > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libutil.so.5" not found, required by
> > "sudo"
> >
> [snip]
>
> Don't know if this would help but
Redd Vinylene wrote:
> Thanks guys. But I guess I'm all outta luck:
>
> $ sudo -s
> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libutil.so.5" not found, required by
> "sudo"
>
[snip]
Don't know if this would help but you might try creating a file called
libmap.conf in /etc and place in it:
libutil.so
Thanks guys. But I guess I'm all outta luck:
$ sudo -s
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libutil.so.5" not found, required by "sudo"
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Glen Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:04 AM, Redd Vinylene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On this ded
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:04 AM, Redd Vinylene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On this dedicated box here I made the mistake of adding a comment to
> root's entry in my password file:
>
> root:*:0:0::/root:/bin/sh # What I thought would be a harmless comment.
>
This is why you shouldn't edit password
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Redd Vinylene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On this dedicated box here I made the mistake of adding a comment to
> root's entry in my password file:
>
> root:*:0:0::/root:/bin/sh # What I thought would be a harmless comment.
>
> Now I can't su to root. And my ISP is
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