[X4U] I have made a BIG mistake with sudo...

[Eugene]

On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 03:45:51PM CDT, jcuervo <jcuervo at ualberta.ca> wrote:
: 
: By mistake I have moved the whole /etc directory to my home directory.
: 
: Now, anytime I need to run anything that needs something from /etc it fails, 
: this includes any sudo command, since it invoques /etc/sudoers. As a 
: consequence, I can't even put back etc in its place because I need sudo 
: atributes. I think I just  got trapped in a deadend, I hope to be wrong!.
: 
: If anyone out there knows a wayout, I woul really appreciate the help

Reboot into single-user mode and move the directory back.

Just remember, /etc is actually a symlink to /private/etc.


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Eugene
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