help. made a mistake editing /etc/group

http:// · 03-22-2008, 09:26 AM

hello,

i made a stupid mistake while editing /etc/group. i deleted the 'console' entry...

what does it look like by default? so i can just type it back again. how will this affect my computer.

anyway,

thanks

mike

willysr · 03-22-2008, 09:29 AM

on my system:

Code:

console::101:

hitest · 03-22-2008, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by http://

hello,

i made a stupid mistake while editing /etc/group. i deleted the 'console' entry...

what does it look like by default? so i can just type it back again. how will this affect my computer.

anyway,

thanks

mike

Code:

console::101:

This is what it looks like.

http:// · 03-22-2008, 10:02 AM

thank you very much.

i apologize for bothering you with my carelessness

hitest · 03-22-2008, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by http://

thank you very much.

i apologize for bothering you with my carelessness

No problem, you're welcome:-)

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-22-2008, 10:53 AM

I always make a backup of any file I edit outside my home directory especially in '/etc'. For example if I were to edit '/etc/group', before editing it I would make a copy called '/etc/group.$USER-backup' or something like that. That way if I completely mess it up, I can just copy it back and start over.

duryodhan · 03-22-2008, 11:50 AM

wouldn't vim have created a backup anyways? /etc/group~

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-22-2008, 01:22 PM

Yes, but I hate vim.

http:// · 03-22-2008, 05:47 PM

thanks for the tips.

I'm still using nano and I'm not sure if it automatically creates backups. Anyway, I'm backing files up manually before I edit them from now on.

Thanks for helping this linux/slackware newbie.

hitest · 03-22-2008, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

Yes, but I hate vim.

Agreed. I usually use nano or kedit to modify stuff.

duryodhan · 03-22-2008, 11:44 PM

even kedit makes a backup :P

And how do you use kedit as root ? (I did xhost+ once, but thats said to be a security hole)

saulgoode · 03-22-2008, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by duryodhan

And how do you use kedit as root ?

$ su -s -c kedit

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-23-2008, 04:43 AM

nano and nedit, those are the only ones I use. vim is just ridiculous, I can't believe anyone likes it, but whatever.

duryodhan · 03-23-2008, 06:36 AM

Quote:

bash-3.1$ su -s -c kedit
Password:
No protocol specified
kedit: cannot connect to X server :0

And forgive me for threadhijacking!

rg3 · 03-23-2008, 07:08 AM

I usually run "xhost local:" (note the colon at the end) to enable any local user to use the X server. I'm not sure that's good from a security point of view, but it's definitely better than using "xhost +". After doing that, root should be able to use the X server too provided DISPLAY is set to ":0", for example.