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Recovering root

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littlejohnny

littlejohnny

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Jan 15, 2001
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Help!!!

How do you recover root's uid?

Thanks!!
 
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Hi,

You can boot from OS CD admin start maintenance shell , and then edit the passwd file . I guess when you say recover roots uid , you mean you cannot login as root due to password missing , or corruption in passwd file?

 
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Thanks for your help. I ended up doing what you suggested.

Thank you!
 
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