Re: Kuser/root account problem
Hi
It worked !! Thanks alot .
Jimmy.
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From: Joshua Oreman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Jimmy Kimanzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: Kuser/root account problem
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 04:26:24PM +0300 or thereabouts, Jimmy Kimanzi
wrote:
Hi
I used the kuser utility in KDE to add a user to the wheel group and it
seems to have deleted the root account and I can't login as root now .
Anyone know how I can fix this ?
I'm running FreeBSD 5.1 - RELEASE and KDE 3.1.2.
Try Ctrl+Alt+F1, then login as root. I think kuser probably forgot
to run pwd_mkdb -- lucky for you :-)
If that doesn't work, follow the instructions for a forgotten root
password
('tis in the FAQ). When you're in single user mode, try `grep root
/etc/master.passwd'.
If something comes back, type `passwd root' to reset root's password. If
nothing comes back,
you'll have to add a line for root manually in /etc/master.passwd. Then
run pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd.
Whatever you do, type `exit' or Ctrl+D now.
-- Josh
Jimmy.
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Re: Kuser/root account problem
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 04:26:24PM +0300 or thereabouts, Jimmy Kimanzi wrote:
Hi
I used the kuser utility in KDE to add a user to the wheel group and it seems to
have deleted the root account and I can't login as root now .
Anyone know how I can fix this ?
I'm running FreeBSD 5.1 - RELEASE and KDE 3.1.2.
Try Ctrl+Alt+F1, then login as root. I think kuser probably forgot to run
pwd_mkdb -- lucky for you :-)
If that doesn't work, follow the instructions for a forgotten root password
('tis in the FAQ). When you're in single user mode, try `grep root /etc/master.passwd'.
If something comes back, type `passwd root' to reset root's password. If nothing comes
back,
you'll have to add a line for root manually in /etc/master.passwd. Then run pwd_mkdb
/etc/master.passwd.
Whatever you do, type `exit' or Ctrl+D now.
-- Josh
Jimmy.
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Re: Kuser/root account problem
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On Wednesday 20 August 2003 11:17 am, Joshua Oreman wrote:
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 04:26:24PM +0300 or thereabouts, Jimmy
Kimanzi wrote:
Hi
I used the kuser utility in KDE to add a user to the wheel group
and it seems to have deleted the root account and I can't login
as root now . Anyone know how I can fix this ?
I'm running FreeBSD 5.1 - RELEASE and KDE 3.1.2.
Try Ctrl+Alt+F1, then login as root. I think kuser probably
forgot to run pwd_mkdb -- lucky for you :-)
If that doesn't work, follow the instructions for a forgotten root
password ('tis in the FAQ). When you're in single user mode, try
`grep root /etc/master.passwd'. If something comes back, type
`passwd root' to reset root's password. If nothing comes back,
you'll have to add a line for root manually in /etc/master.passwd.
Then run pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd. Whatever you do, type `exit'
or Ctrl+D now.
I had a friend that had something similar happen to him after
installing kuser, it hadn't actually deleted the root account, but it
did expire it (which disallowed root logins). Took him quite a while
to figure out.
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