I accidentally deleted the root superuser How to reinstall
First off the search facility does not seem to be working at Debian.org
just now, so I could not check there...I did check the mail archives but
they also seem to be handicapped. Oh Well!
Here's the problem...
I wanted to try some new installation techniques doing them completely
off the internet. Yes it is possible :-) I also wanted to install the
new (unstable) system to an ext3 file structure. Everything went
according to plan until I started to reboot from the newly installed
disk. The kernel loaded O.K to the console screen but then I could not
log in as root. I also noticed the the system hostname seemed incorrect.
I can deal with the hostname but the root login problem has me stumped.
I removed and added a new user from my host system using chroot and
mounting the new file system. I then 'very brightly' (read as brain
fart) decided to do the same with root....and that really screwed it. I
welcome any suggestions as to how to get the root superuser
reinstalled.
--
John
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