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#1 2005-11-03 10:22:44

mr_brightside
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Registered: 2005-09-01
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A couple of superuser-related queries

Ok, first off - if you forget your root password, how would you go about resolving the problem? First of all, how do you enter single-user mode in arch using a boot cd, and secondly, how do you erase the root password in /etc/passwd (since the field is already empty...).

Secondly, how do you go about adding another superuser to the system? I assume it just involves adding the new user to wheel, and setting a UID of < 500?

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#2 2005-11-03 17:06:16

Dusty
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Re: A couple of superuser-related queries

I think password recovery is in the wiki, if its not it should be. Boot a live CD, chroot into the original system, run passwd, done.

I don't think the wheel method works, we don't set group permissions to wheel for most Arch stuff. Its much smarter to do this sort of thing using sudo.

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#3 2005-11-03 20:30:49

sh__
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Registered: 2005-07-19
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Re: A couple of superuser-related queries

The default /etc/sudoers contains a line that gives the members of the wheel group access to all commands, all you need to do is to uncomment that line and add the user to wheel.

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