Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 11:30:33 +0100 From: "Redd Vinylene" <reddvinylene@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: glen.j.barber@gmail.com, valentin.bud@gmail.com Subject: Re: Locked myself out.. AGAIN!! Message-ID: <f1019d520812070230y39975a25q2d708583d16d977d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310812070207k2136ea12p9bd6c9be2c0afd0f@mail.gmail.com> References: <f1019d520812070204u752a410bw5812dcc3fac04160@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310812070207k2136ea12p9bd6c9be2c0afd0f@mail.gmail.com>
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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 <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:04 AM, Redd Vinylene <reddvinylene@gmail.com> 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
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