..and/or can you send us the output from the command: $ sudo -l
On 07/15/2010 06:16 PM, Jeremiah Bess wrote: > Can you run cat on the "/etc/sudoers" file? > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 16:47, Kari Matthews <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Okay, let's see. > > I can't do this b/c I can't sudo anything. Or am I wrong? I have > not yet touched the server b/c I want to make sure I know what I'm > doing before I get into this. > > How would you guess I fell off the sudo list? > > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Jeremiah Bess > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Ubuntu did things differently, and there is no set root > password, and the account is locked. This method should work to > enable the root account. You can disable it as well. Here is > some info I just dug up on it: > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Enabling%20the%20root%20account > > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 15:36, Kari Matthews <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Thank you! I've googled a ton and didn't come up with this, > so your directions are helpful. > > I am wondering, though, how something like this happens. > > Also, it's a Ubuntu machine (10.04) -- is there a root > password? The only password I ever created was my own when > I installed. I assumed there was no root password. > > Thanks again. > > ~kari > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Jeremiah Bess > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Don't be afraid, it's really easy to fix this. It will > require a reboot, but unless you already have data > corruption, you won't lose anything. I am assuming you > do not have the password for root. If you do, ignore > this, and login as root. > > Boot to a LiveCD, and mount the hard drive. Open the > /etc/shadow file, and find an root account. The first > field (fields are separated by a colon) is the username, > root. The second is the encrypted password for that > account. Delete the password portion (leave the colons). > Save the file, and reboot back to the hard drive. Now > the password will be blank for the root account. Now > that you are in, edit the /etc/sudoers file with the > visudo command. > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 15:27, Kari Matthews > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I am admin'ing a file server that has an odd problem. > > I am the admin account on the server and have all > admin privileges ... except that now it says I'm not > on the list of sudoers. There are a few other > accounts on the server, but no one remembers the > passwords I gave them. > > What can I do to administer this machine now? How > can I add myself back to the list of sudoers if I > can't sudo to get to anything? > > How do I get the data off of here and keep it intact? > > I am scared to reboot the machine for fear that they > will somehow manage to not have access. > > Ideas? > > ~kari > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed > to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to > the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux > Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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