problem after edited /etc/passwd
 

hi,
i have quite a big problem... if anyone can help me i will be deeply thankfull
I have a rented box to which i have only ssh access.
I have edited /etc/passwd with vim to change the home o a user, and i made this in a little bit of a hurry.
The problem is that i accidentally deleted the "r" from root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash and now i have only oot:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash. Of course this doesn't make me able to login as root or su as root anymore.

I've tried to edit /etc/passwd through another account to ad that "r" , but no success.

Is there another way to put that "r" back ? i'm quite desperate as i have work to do and i'm stuck on this because of a mistake.
I underline that i don't have access to the server as it's a rental



thanks

If you can use 'sudo' or even 'su' as another user you may be able to fix it.

otherwise tell the rental company to see if they can fix it for you

The only possibility would be if your root SSH session would still be active, but I assume that is not the case anymore.

This will be bitter. No way around. Call the system administrator for that computer who has physical access. He/she will have to reboot with a rescue disk and correct your mistake.

Never do root jobs when your in a hurry. It simply doesn't pay off.

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