[clue-tech] recover root? Ubuntu 10.4 netbook remix

[chris fedde]

Typical ways to recover such things involve booting in recovery mode
or from a recovery disk and editing the /etc/passwd file.  What
evidence do you have that leads you to think that root is corrupted?

chris

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Mike Bean <beandaemon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey cluebies,  I'm trying to help out a friend, I think she managed to blow
> out/change her root login somehow.  Not sure if it can be recovered.  I know
> I can always reinstall, but I'm wondering if there's a faster method?
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