#RE: No root password in Ubuntu 9.04 after updating

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Author: Clayton Stapleton
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: #RE: No root password in Ubuntu 9.04 after updating
Ryan Rix sent it to me on Jun 23, 2009, 10:05 AM

> You have a borked install, it seems. You should ALWAYS be installed into
> that
> file if you are the default user. i'd say use the command visudo, but
> since
> you're not in sudo file, you can't xD
>
> You can boot in recovery mode, mount the partition and add the following
> line
> to /etc/sudoers
> clay        ALL=(ALL)

>
> which will give you full root access using sudo, under that account.


Tried to mount the partition but it was already mounted.
Then entered:
root@eagle:~# /etc/sudoers

and got this return

bash:/etc/sudoers:Permission denied.

So I am still at a loss on how to fix this problem!!

Thanks
Clayton Stapleton
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