[Linux-disciples] sudoers/su mistake

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 10:34:07AM -0400, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> Can you log out and just login as root from the login prompt?

I don't have physical access to the machine; it's in a
remote hosting facility. That alone wouldn't be a bugger,
but root logins through ssh are forbidden.

> Otherwise, you might be screwed. Maybe someone else has an account on the
> machine that is already in wheel?

Yep, someone else does, and I've emailed him to ask him to
add me back into wheel. But he's not around, and I need to
take care of something ASAP. I suppose I'll just have to
wait for him.

> Lesson is to be exceedingly cautious when touching this kind of stuff on a
> production machine.

Indeed.

-- 
Stephen R. Laniel
steve at laniels.org
+(617) 308-5571
http://laniels.org/
PGP key: http://laniels.org/slaniel.key
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
Url : http://lists.bostoncoop.net/pipermail/linux-disciples/attachments/20051018/7815bb97/attachment.pgp