ya, this is assuming the machine is still on and he is logged on as root
currently... if its gone down, then he may have to reboot into single
user mode (or telinit s)
pico /etc/passwd
add this to the first line (although position is not terribly important
, *i think <grin>*)
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
and that should be it....
the group file should still be intact with
root:x:0:
bin:x:1:bin,daemon
daemon:x:2:bin,daemon
sys:x:3:bin,adm
etc,etc
adduser will work too with all the right command line arguments, etc (If
its been rebooted into single user mode or he just happens to still be
logged on as root since the incident)
> One of my colleagues, by mistakenly happen to delete root user, is there any
> remedy for this?
>
> Deependra B. Tandukar
> www.coremag.net/cvs/dt.htm
>
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