On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:11:46 -0500 Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I did this. > > On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 14:53:26 -0700 Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 3/17/20 2:34 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:54:59 -0700 Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Somehow you got dropped from the wheel group. Did you uncheck your > > >> administrator access in the user control panel? In any case, if you > > >> don't have another admin user, you will need to use a live or rescue > > >> boot to add yourself back in to the wheel group. > > > > > > No, I did not uncheck anything (because nothing every came up for me to uncheck). I can get into the rescue. What do I do after that? > > > > Since I'm not sure which rescue setup you have, I'll give you the easier > > method. At the grub menu edit the boot entry and add "init=/bin/bash" > > to the end of the linux line. This will boot you right to a root bash > > prompt. Then run the following two commands, replace "username" with > > your real username: > > /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G wheel username > > However, I get a bunch of selinux context stuff (in a line), at the end of which it says "res=failed". This laptop is one of those 4K resolution ones and so has very small print on the console and so I could not take a picture that is clear enough. > Actually, I missed a line earlier. I get: usermod: cannot lock /etc/passwd: try again later and then gives this selinux stuff under audit: > > /usr/sbin/reboot -f > > and it does not add wheel access. > > Is it possible that I may have accidentally deleted a package which has this? > > Ranjan > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
