"PH" == Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+maemo@xxxxxxxxx> writes: PH> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Philipp Haselwarter PH> <philipp.haselwarter@xxxxxx> wrote: >> I chmod 0640'ed /etc/sudoers on my N900 and closed the terminal -.- >> sudo gainroot/chmod/... fails complaining about the permissions, the >> gui package manager does so silently. Can't mount the filesystem >> root offline on another device to chmod 0440 back (?), can't login as >> root locally, ssh to localhost seems to work but I don't have the >> slightest idea about the root password. >> >> Any way to avoid a reflash? PH> The root password should be the one you created when you installed PH> the rootsh package. If you forgot it, then... ...I'm kind of screwed, right. PH> I have not tried it, but you might be able to use a rescue initrd PH> like the one described here to gain access to your rootfs: PH> http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900/Using_Rescue_Initrd Got it booted, but it seems that the rescue initrd doesn't contain chmod. Too bad. Furthermore I had a really hard time with the keyboard; the only keys I was able to use were [a-zA-Z<>], no dashes, no slashes (the modifier key seems to just get ignored). Maybe I could use the chmod on the rootfs? Still, if I can neither type "-w" nor "440" that's no use. PH> There are also a few things that could have helped, had you PH> installed them ahead of time, like backupmenu, or if you have PH> NITdroid or MeeGo in a dual-boot environment you might be able to PH> use them to edit your file permissions. PH> Good luck! thanks! -- Philipp Haselwarter _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
