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 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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
