Hi Dave, The file probably needs permissions changed for it to be edited under knoppix chmod a+w /mount/drive/etc/hosts If this still doesnt work, its time to boot to single user mode <g> This should give you some direction from http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-resc... Select Ubuntu with the version of the kernel that you wish to boot and type e for edit. You will be presented with a list of items in the configuration file for the title you just selected. Select the line that starts with kernel and type e to edit the line. Go to the end of the line and type single as a separate word (press the [Spacebar] and then type single). Press [Enter] to exit edit mode. Back at the GRUB screen, type b to boot into single user mode. Then edit your file Regards Shane On Saturday 15 July 2006 22:00, David Bowen wrote:
Hi
After playing with my networking settings in Breezy, I seem to have lost some data from my /etc/hosts file. Partly it requires editing to add to add "ubuntuDavid" to it. However without it I can't log in as root to edit it. Can't find password! I can't edit it with Knoppix, I don't have permission. Is there any way to edit it or is it a reinstall job. As it is I can't connect to the net or anything requiring root privilege.
Thanks David Bowen
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