[SLE] Root passwd gone

From: Chaitanya Krishna A (icymist82_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/30/05

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    Hi,

    I wanted to change the file ownership of a directory in root, but by mistake I
    gave the following command
    # chown -R <username>: /
    but Ctrl-C'd after a few seconds, after realising what I have done.

    After this I haven't been able to login as root. So I followed the procedure at
    http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/trench/15629.html (viz. put the first CD of
    SuSE, rescue system, modify the passwd and shadow files). After I logged in
    again as a normal user and tried to login as root, it was still asking me for
    the passwd.

    Then I again went into rescue system, and then mounted /dev/sda1 where the home
    is and then removed the x from the root line. Also I modified the shadow file
    so that root looke like this
    root::::

    After this I again rebooted the system and tried to login, now when I give su,
    it says the following.
    $ su
    su: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted

    Now I am not able to login as root into my machine. I am very badly stuck up.
    What can I do now?

    Regards,
    Chaitanya.

                    
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