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Re: HELP! can't become root



tom arnall wrote the following on 06.10.2007 20:30
> Realistically, is there any way I can fix my system so I can log in  as root, 
> without reinstalling the OS?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> tom

Well see:
in /etc there is mosly everything 644 *BUT* there are specific files that are
440 or 755.
And there maybe even pre- or postinst scripts that check for the *right*
permissions on a specific file (e.g. the programms that can be suid).

So answer yourself.


-- 
Thilo

key: 0x4A411E09



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