On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 07:11:55AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 09:13:22AM +0200, john doe wrote: > > Fulling around is the best way to learn if you can take the time to fix > > the issue(s) that your impulsivity has caused!!! :) > > (Fooling around.) If you do choose to fool around with sudoers, please > keep a root shell open at all times. Don't cut yourself off from root > by counting on being able to do "sudo nano /etc/sudoers" again, because > you might have broken sudo.
...or learn how to access your "dead" disk without booting from it (live system, rescue, extracting the disk and mounting it on other system -- choices are... panoramic here; most of the time you'll need some extra hardware, a prepared, lowly USB stick might suffice :-) > "sudo -s" gives you a shell as root. Even if you never have to run a > single command in that shell, having it there for emergency use is wise. ...but I do agree that Greg's advice potentially leads to the shortest downtimes :-D Cheers - t
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