[ncolug] Re: /etc/shadow !! in password file
- From: "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:52:13 -0400
This is a VMware host... there's no backup... I have backups of the guests,
but not the host.
UID:GID 99 is the default for this user on VMware. In VMware the UID:GID
of 65534 is for "nfsnobody"... another account I have to recreate.
Mike K.
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Mike <bellyacres@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/20/2013 01:27 PM, M. Knisely wrote:
>
>> The basics is that a person deleted a bunch of service accounts on a
>> VMware ESX machine. I need to recreate these service accounts. The
>> original service accounts have in the /etc/shadow line for the user "!!"
>> without the quotes in the password section of that user's line.
>>
>>
>> Then again... Where is the backup? This should be a simple restore
> issue! Why go through all this just to restore a few mouse clicks? :)
>
> Mike
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