On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 16:44 -0400, ext Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: > Ok, not finding the warnings until AFTER I screwed up, is there any > way to repair /etc/sudoers without reflashing? > > In trying to run a program that required root, I "sudo gainroot" and > ran the program; however, the program didn't run properly so I changed > the permissions from 440 to 660 on sudoers, added an entry and all was > good. EXCEPT I didn't change the permissions back. Duh. > > Now, of course, after logging out of root, I can't log back in as root > and 'Application Manager' doesnt work. > > I'm prepared to flash but would rather not. I have a current backup > but I have numerous programs and reloading them will be a royal pain. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions/recommendations. Again, I'm > prepared for the, "you're screwed, dude - reflash." Hopefully it > won't come to that... > > Thanks, > > > Nick. ssh root at localhost ? -- Cheers, Igor Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa at nokia.com> (Nokia Multimedia - CP - OSSO / Helsinki, Finland)
