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From: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>
To: Ian Barnes <ian@cerebellum.za.net>
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Subject: Re: login problem
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 11:06:27PM +0200, Ian Barnes wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I ssh into my FreeBSD 4.5 box using ssh. I wanted to change my shell from
> bash to tcsh, so i ran vipw, edited the file from /usr/local/bin/bash to
> /bin/bash (not thinking straight). Saved it, and exited. Now i cant get b=
ack
> in, because there is no /bin/bash.
>=20
> Is there anyway i can get root on the box?
>=20

Assuming you can login as a user with su privileges, use
'su -m'.

--=20
Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org
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