Root Account Deleted

[ana yuseepi]

great, good news... i was able to gain back my root
account without using the cdrom.
what i did is ....
b -s   => boot into single user mode, 
create root entry in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow....
hehe : )
-Ana.....

--- "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller at courtesan.com>
wrote:
> You should be able to reboot into single user mode
> and fix your
> password file.  You'll probably have to do a reset
> or cycle power
> unless you are using a machine that has a way to
> soft boot from
> the keyboard.  You'll want to run sync a few times
> before hitting
> the power button of course.
> 
>  - todd
> 
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