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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!News1.Ottawa.iSTAR.net!news.istar.net!nntp.magma.ca!news.magma.ca!mag1.magmacom.com!isacorp From: isacorp@mag1.magmacom.com (Skryabin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Help! Lost root account! Date: 7 Jul 1997 15:48:59 GMT Organization: Magma Communications Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Lines: 12 Message-ID: <5pr35b$4i6$1@news.magma.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: mag1.magmacom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:7084 Hello, By trying to remove a user who had UID 0, the system also deleted the root account! Is there a way I can recover from this without needing to reboot in single-user mode? If not, what's the best way for me to do this? I am running BSDI 2.0.1. Thanks, Alex alex@vovan.com