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	daperl	2010-03-07 , 05:54
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Originally Posted by cry0

I was attempting to add something to the sudoers list and, being tired and off my rocker, when vim refused to edit sudoers.d(as i said, off my rocker) i chmodded it to 777. Of course, now it tells me i must chmod to 440 before using sudo. Is there any way to save this without flashing?

I don't use sudo gainroot, I just type root. Have tried that?

Also, can't you just ssh in? If so, you'll be root. If you haven't already installed the openssh stuff, I'm wondering if you need a working sudoers to use the Application Manager.

EDIT: Whoops, root just execs sudo gainroot.

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Last edited by daperl; 2010-03-07 at 05:59.

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