Re: [Hampshire] Result of the Ubuntu Challenge

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Author: Andy Smith
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Result of the Ubuntu Challenge

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x56dd8100.hantslug.org.uk.3664': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Sun May 13 13:36:41 2007 BST
gpg: using DSA key 2099B64CBF15490B
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
Hi Hugo,

On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 01:21:21PM +0100, Hugo Mills wrote:
> 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,


Pretty much what I did, yes.

Wouldn't have had to if root login had been available!

Cheers,
Andy