Re: more important problem

[Wesley Leonard <marshall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

CTRL-ALT-DEL might do a nice shutdown.

When it gets back up to LILO, do like Adam says and try to add your root user
back...

Alan DeJong wrote:

> I am at the command line now.. when i logged out of X it brought me straight
> back there.  which i thought was really odd... but i went with it.  i tried
> "su -" and it said user root does not exist.   so i am guessin' my good
> friend root has left the building for a while...  and i cant shutdown my
> computer w/o the password.. so i am kinda stuck here for a while.. i can run
> X and all that good stuff.. (cant really do much though)  any other
> suggestions??  there isnt like a "root recovery program" out there is
> there??  nah, that's prolly be tooooo easy.. :-)
>
> -alan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wesley Leonard" <marshall@pacdemon.org>
> To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 12:06 PM
> Subject: Re: more important problem
>
> > Yeow!
> >
> > Well, to let regular users mount the cdrom all you need to do is add the
> "user"
> > option to the cdrom line in /etc/fstab
> >
> > As for your root problem...  ???
> >
> > Trying typing "su -" instead of su root.  Also, did you log out completely
> (hit
> > CTRL-ALT-F1 to get toa  command line login)?  Trying logging in from the
> command
> > line.
> >
> > Alan DeJong wrote:
> >
> > > ,okay heres the deal, i was trying to change the permissions on my user
> > > account "alan" while i was in root, so i could mount my cdrom drive.
>  i have
> > > no idea what i'm doing, i am reading the book as i go)  and when i
> logged out
> > > of root, and into alan, i found i sill coudlnt do it.  then i tried to
> log
> > > into root, with no success...  so i tried "su root" (thats what it said
> in the
> > > book) and it said "user root does not exist"  and i was going to add
> another
> > > user, maybe add root back in, and i cant do it unless i am root...
> please
> > > help!! -alan
> >
> > --
> >
> > Wesley Leonard
> > marshall@pacdemon.org
> >
> > http://www.pacdemon.org
> > "...I want Linux to be on the cutting edge, and even a bit past the edge,
> > because what's past the edge today is what's on your desktop tomorrow."
> >  --Linus Torvalds
> >
> >
> >

--

Wesley Leonard
marshall@pacdemon.org

http://www.pacdemon.org
"...I want Linux to be on the cutting edge, and even a bit past the edge,
because what's past the edge today is what's on your desktop tomorrow."
 --Linus Torvalds