From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 16 03:49:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA05392 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 03:49:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (cyclone.degnet.baynet.de [194.95.214.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA05386 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 03:49:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malte@webmore.com) Received: from tabara (unverified [194.95.214.163]) by cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:46:48 +0200 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980416123610.006fa184@cyclone.degnet.baynet.de> X-Sender: moos@cyclone.degnet.baynet.de X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:36:10 +0000 To: Stuart Clarke , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Malte Lance Subject: Re: shell. URGENT URGENT URGENT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Boot in single-user-mode ("-s" at the boot-prompt). Or make a link "wrong path to a shell" -> login-shell. Malte Lance malte@webmore.com At 20:11 16.04.98 +1000, Stuart Clarke wrote: >Allright boys and girls, here's a doozy: > >I was logged in as root, and was playing around (using chpass) with what shell I >was using. I accidentally typed in the wrong path to a shell and now I can't >login as root any more (it says that it can't find the shell, and returns to the >login prompt). > >I've only created one other user since installing BSD, and it doesn't have any >privelages to speak of. > >How the hell can I get to log in as root again? If I could only get to the >/etc/passwd file! > >Please help me with this, 'cause it's rather urgent (assignments to do) > >Thanks to anyone who can help, > >Stu > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message