On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 19:52:11 -0500, et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 06 March 2005 07:23 pm, Christopher Taylor wrote: > > I feel sort of foolish, but I don't know what to do. I inadvertantly > > did a chmod 777 recursive on the whole system while logged into a root > > console. Now I cannot log in to the control center or a root console > > as it says that my root password in incorrect. How can I fix this > > mess I made? My system is set to automatically log me in so I do not > > even know how to log in as just the root. > have you tried as a single user (hit escp when lilo gives you a choice of > kernels/os and type linux 1. > then when it boots 'passwd' will > get you going.... > -- > linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) > website="http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.org"; >
I can do that, but I don't know what the permissions were to begin with. I have backed up my data. I will probably re-install. I've only been up two weeks, so there is not alot that I've really done yet. -- Christopher Taylor - Registered Linux User #383327 If this message is sent to a mailing list please 'Reply to List' or re-write the To field. This will save on a lot of duplicate emails going out.
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