root shell bash commands not working

Question

I attempted to change my sudo password(I removed myself from sudoers list by mistake). I tried following.

1. In recovery mode, I dropped down to root shell. It is still asking root password. Ctrl D did not work. I went to generic e mode then.

2. I replaced ro quite splash with rw init=/bin/bash and pressed F10 to enter in to root shell.

   root@nouser$ passwd vasu  
   bash : passwd command not found  
   root@nouser$ sudo passwd vasu  
   bash : sudo command not found  
   

I know commands like sudo and passwd are in /usr/bin. But I found /usr folder to be empty. ls /home is empty as well . But infact I have three users in home folder. I can execute passwd command in general boot. (of course, It is telling I can't do that).
Can some one tell me what could be the problem?

Solution

mount -o remount,rw /
mount /usr
/usr/bin/passwd root

reboot

where

• you need to mount / with rw to mount /usr
• you need /usr for passwd command.

Comments

[kevy]

Have you tried mount -o remount,rw /?

[Νίκος Φυτίλης]

did you use mount -a to well mount the tings that are listed in fstab?

[Νίκος Φυτίλης]

16 sec faster :P