Is there a reason you can't download this and extract it using mc (can do it on an x86 machine): http://ftp.redsleeve.org/pub/el6/latest/base/RPMS/sudo-1.8.6p3-20.el6.armv5tel.rpm
At least that way you know where it's coming from. :-) On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Robert Moskowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Or you can email me the sudo bin for RSEL6 and I can try and run it from a > mounted usb drive. > > On 12/15/2016 04:44 AM, Gordan Bobic wrote: > > Does the cubieboard even use grub? I thought that was still 64-bit UEFI > only, and certainly not available on EL6. I suspect what you need to do is > adjust the boot parameter through u-boot. > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:50 AM, Robert Moskowitz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On 12/14/2016 06:33 PM, Gordan Bobic wrote: >> >> You could just edit /etc/shadow and remove the password field. >> >> >> That is on the sata drive. I will have to unplug the sata, hook it up to >> a sata/usb adapter to gain access to the shadow file from another system. >> Part of the reason I went with the Cubieboards was the sata interface. >> >> It looks like there is a file in /boot/grub/loader that has the options >> entry and at that point it is booting off the sd card. So I think I can >> get it into single user mode. Will be trying this tomorrow. >> >> >> On 14 Dec 2016 22:30, "Robert Moskowitz" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I connected a monitor and keyboard and rebooted the one system. Was just >> given the option list that I cannot edit. >> >> So what file on the sd card do I edit to add 'single'? >> >> thank you >> >> >> >> On 12/13/2016 11:19 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >>> I have been off doing other stuff and no time to work with arm systems >>> and builds and my systems were just working fine until... >>> >>> First discovered no sudo. I always had used su and never noticed no >>> sudo. Is there someway someone could send me the bin and I could run it >>> from a usb drive from my user account? >>> >>> But since no sudo, I wanted to boot into single user mode to change >>> root's password. I hook up to the console serial port and power cycle the >>> server. I get a selection list of >>> >>> Centos Options >>> 1: centos >>> >>> No way to up arrow and press A to append single mode to that. >>> >>> How do I get the system to boot into single mode? >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing >> [email protected]https://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> _______________________________________________ users mailing list >> [email protected] https://lists.redsleeve.org/ma >> ilman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing > [email protected]https://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >
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