I will from now on use less and more. This is /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/bash daemon:x:2:2:Daemon:/sbin:/bin/bash lp:x:4:7:Printing daemon:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/bash games:x:12:100:Games account:/var/games:/bin/bash at:x:25:25:Batch jobs daemon:/var/spool/atjobs:/bin/bash postgres:x:26:2:Postgres database admin:/var/lib/pgsql:/bin/bash mdom:x:28:28:Mailing list agent:/usr/lib/majordomo:/bin/bash wwwrun:x:30:65534:WWW daemon apache:/var/lib/wwwrun:/bin/bash squid:x:31:65534:WWW proxy squid:/var/squid:/bin/bash fax:x:33:14:Facsimile agent:/var/spool/fax:/bin/bash gnats:x:34:65534:Gnats GNU backtracking system:/usr/lib/gnats:/bin/bash adabas:x:36:100:Adabas-D database admin:/usr/lib/adabas:/bin/bash amanda:x:37:6:Amanda admin:/var/lib/amanda:/bin/bash irc:x:39:65534:IRC daemon:/usr/lib/ircd:/bin/bash ftp:x:40:2:FTP account:/usr/local/ftp:/bin/bash firewall:x:41:31:Firewall account:/var/lib/firewall:/bin/false named:x:44:44:Nameserver daemon:/var/named:/bin/bash fnet:x:49:14:FidoNet account:/var/spool/fnet:/bin/bash gdm:x:50:15:Gnome Display Manager daemon:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/bash postfix:x:51:51:Postfix daemon:/var/spool/postfix:/bin/false cyrus:x:96:12:IMAP daemon:/usr/cyrus:/bin/bash dpbox:x:61:56:DpBox account:/var/spool/dpbox:/bin/false ingres:x:62:3:Ingres database admin:/opt/tngfw/ingres:/bin/bash vscan:x:65:65534:Vscan account:/var/spool/vscan:/bin/false wnn:x:66:100:Wnn system account:/var/lib/wnn:/bin/false pop:x:67:100:POP admin:/var/lib/pop:/bin/false perforce:x:68:60:Perfoce admin:/var/lib/perforce:/bin/false sapdb:x:69:61:SAPDB demo account:/var/opt/sapdb:/bin/bash db4web:x:70:100:DB4Web account:/opt/db4web:/bin/bash nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/var/lib/nobody:/bin/bash rdm:x:500:100:Roland (Rusty) Minden:/home/rdm:/bin/bash man:x:13:62:Manual pages viewer:/var/cache/man:/bin/bash news:x:9:13:News system:/etc/news:/bin/bash uucp:x:10:14:Unix-to-Unix CoPy system:/etc/uucp:/bin/bash
On Tuesday 23 April 2002 12:07 pm, you wrote: > as mike pointed out to me in email, it's just better to use a pager like > less. it's a good habit to get into. > > > begin nbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 11:58:33AM -0700, Rusty Minden wrote: > > > Dohh! Yes I do I flubbed when doing a search using vim sorry. Still > > > can't use su to log into root. > > > > You'll probably need to boot into single user mode (err.. if you CAN > > not quite -- you still need to enter a password in single user mode. > > > with a botched /etc/passwd), or (more likely) use a rescue disk. > > you need to boot a rescue disk (the linux BBC or linuxcare cd's are > perfect for this sort of thing. debian rescue disks will work too). > > then you need to manually mount the root partition read/write. > > then you need to change the permission on /mnt/bin/su (not on /bin/su, > if that makes sense). > > it's just like when you forget the root password, except you'll be using > chmod to change permissions instead of vim to change text between the > 2nd and 3rd ":" in /etc/shadow. > > pete > > > BTW - use "vipw", not "vim"... It will, as the man page says, > > "set the appropriate locks to prevent file corruption." I seem to > > recall it also complaining and not saving/quitting if the file got > > botched up. (eg, it syntax checks it before committing to disk) > > > > I could be wrong about that last part, unfortunately... :) > > In that case, I guess VIM is good enough. Just be CAREFUL! ;) > > > > -bill! > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech