From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 7 10:30:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DD6B1065670 for ; Sun, 7 Dec 2008 10:30:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reddvinylene@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB8AE8FC08 for ; Sun, 7 Dec 2008 10:30:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reddvinylene@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i2so691267mue.3 for ; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:30:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=35Uk3a0SCTxnuaYbObKrS8bFPoAueYSnYdh77Pj1jMQ=; b=PZJrQxVwcAuWtwnWr7yjTopQBVTTkYkp6BGfXZE8GMy7Qdons8J9bLEwhWSq0sfhV1 0Nts5bUu0GBNiMJFA0EwytL1Q4SGxYHrQmfWby4xqrrEixen66JZeVlx0DuMMkiZYNVl evikOsg0fCHJKg2UcxN16hC0YtTfG85VkQtEo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=FIGXsOfYGVWRDJDkCsGXpDkLU4vTW71anZa2IVJ8keAN5T3jHO8k5HU2kXqcTiJHlc 4pAfBVo3+vs6RRHitIOYTdp3sXcbkcCwGwjSfg+JZOVQAtkl0eiCaCI0eQqfNKKR2gja J432b2WD2p4ruZldl16MjCxvoZ20LjFMVtQJ4= Received: by 10.103.228.19 with SMTP id f19mr791945mur.18.1228645833676; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:30:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.12.18 with HTTP; Sun, 7 Dec 2008 02:30:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 11:30:33 +0100 From: "Redd Vinylene" To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4ad871310812070207k2136ea12p9bd6c9be2c0afd0f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4ad871310812070207k2136ea12p9bd6c9be2c0afd0f@mail.gmail.com> Cc: glen.j.barber@gmail.com, valentin.bud@gmail.com Subject: Re: Locked myself out.. AGAIN!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:30:35 -0000 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 wrote: > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:04 AM, 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. >> > > This is why you shouldn't edit password files directly. > >> Now I can't su to root. And my ISP is closed on Sundays. Is there any >> way I can fix this on my own? >> > > Do you have sudo installed? If not, your only other option is to boot > into single user mode. But that won't help if you're not at the > console. > > > -- > Glen Barber > > > "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to > show you how it's done." > --Scott Adams > -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene