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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!jobone!dailyplanet.srl.ford.com!eccws1.dearborn.ford.com!news From: Russ Witte <rwitte2@ford.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: re-install root Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 14:43:22 -0400 Organization: CADCAM/PIM Dept. Lines: 11 Message-ID: <33A5894A.1B74@ford.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cc2118.pd9.ford.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:7000 I'm hoping for an easy answer to a problematic mistake. I deleted the userid "root" from my machine. (What was I thinking!) I can't seem to adduser -g 0 -u 0 root (unknown user). What do I need to do to get the system running properly again? Thanks for your help. Russ Witte rjwitte@provide.net