Re: [Hampshire] sudo

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Author: Alan Pope
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] sudo

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x58101100.hantslug.org.uk.17229': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Thu Jun 21 16:40:40 2007 BST
gpg: using DSA key 1E38DD6257A4363C
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 16:26 +0100, Dave Walker wrote:
> Unless you have either set a password for root, or have another user
> that is in the admin group, then you cannot easily add that user without
> forcing a boot into 'busybox' to gain root privileges.


Recovery mode gives you a full shell doesn't it? Not a busybox one.

Cheers,
Al.