[NTLUG:Discuss] MAJOR mess

[Jim Wildman]

I once hit the 'j' key with the caps lock on then quit the file....oops.
On a production box, no less.  2 am reboot.

On Friday 26 October 2001 06:02 pm, you wrote:
> I feel like an idiot!
>
> On accident, as root, editing /etc/passwd in vi, I typed
> dd
>
> :wq
>
> This deleted the line:
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
>
> From the /etc/passwd file
>
> Now root does not exist
>
> What do I do?
>
> Any suggestions - please??????????????????????????
>
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