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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 23:17:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Judd Maltin <juddm@netvision.net.il>
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Subject: Re: root shell Permission Denied :(
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On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Judd Maltin wrote:

> Friends since February may remember the following message, but I, in my
> unending stupidity and Unix newbieness and carelessness, DO NOT HAVE A
> FIXIT DISK, NOR AN ACCOUNT TO su FROM.

Do you have the root password?  In that case, login as root directly and
use vipw.

If not:

1.  Boot.  Type -s at the Boot: prompt.
2.  When prompted for your shell hit return.
3.  use `vipw' to fix yourself.
4.  reboot and all will be happy.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major