gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x57147100.hantslug.org.uk.673': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Sun May 13 13:21:21 2007 BST
gpg: using DSA key B2C27BC21C335860
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 11:57:49AM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> How do you do that on Ubuntu without rebooting, if sudo doesn't
> work and you can't log in to the console as root (because you never
> knew the password)?
>
> I ended up having to reboot it for him, but if there was another way
> out of it I'd be interested to know..
Reboot with init=/bin/sh, or use a live/rescue CD. I can't think of
a way of doing it without a reboot (unless you happen to have a
vulnerable service and a suitable shellcode hanging around).
Hugo.
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