"PH" == Paul Hartman writes:
PH> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Philipp Haselwarter
PH> wrote:
>> I chmod 0640'ed /etc/sudoers on my N900 and closed the terminal -.-
>> sudo gainroot/chmod/... fails complaining about the permissions, the
>> gui package manager does so silently. Can't mount the filesystem
>> root offline on another device to chmod 0440 back (?), can't login as
>> root locally, ssh to localhost seems to work but I don't have the
>> slightest idea about the root password.
>>
>> Any way to avoid a reflash?
PH> The root password should be the one you created when you installed
PH> the rootsh package. If you forgot it, then...
...I'm kind of screwed, right.
PH> I have not tried it, but you might be able to use a rescue initrd
PH> like the one described here to gain access to your rootfs:
PH> http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900/Using_Rescue_Initrd
Got it booted, but it seems that the rescue initrd doesn't contain
chmod. Too bad.
Furthermore I had a really hard time with the keyboard;
the only keys I was able to use were [a-zA-Z<>], no dashes, no slashes
(the modifier key seems to just get ignored).
Maybe I could use the chmod on the rootfs? Still, if I can neither type
"-w" nor "440" that's no use.
PH> There are also a few things that could have helped, had you
PH> installed them ahead of time, like backupmenu, or if you have
PH> NITdroid or MeeGo in a dual-boot environment you might be able to
PH> use them to edit your file permissions.
PH> Good luck!
thanks!
--
Philipp Haselwarter
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