On Tuesday 10 April 2007 20:33:44 Charles Bowman wrote: > For any fellows who take the same path and those giggling... > > I took the leap of faith and copied: > cp shadow- shadow > cp passwd- passwd > > Then I was able to get back into the gui, rebooted and held my breath for 4 > mins! > Success! > > On the plus side, I have found a new way to loose 5Kg in 3 hours! > > Thank you for all your help, > Charles
I'm amazed that worked, as I assumed that the cp/move commands would confirm permission before doing the requested change. Oh well, at least it worked for you. -Kevin
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