Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:14:23 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Luca Renaud <renaud.luca@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Get access to csh (default freebsd shell) for root to solve login problem. Message-ID: <447hlbi5r4.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimr2ikyYisgMqJ6jyYmlkQgtsq3l53gRHaZVF8i@mail.gmail.com> (Luca Renaud's message of "Sun, 4 Jul 2010 17:02:59 %2B0100") References: <AANLkTimr2ikyYisgMqJ6jyYmlkQgtsq3l53gRHaZVF8i@mail.gmail.com>
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Luca Renaud <renaud.luca@gmail.com> writes: > The root shell is now bash,but I was unaware that bash was not > self-contained(it depends at least of libintl.so.8), > and doing some upgrades with ports I erased libintl.so.8,now I cannot access > the root account because bash is > not operational and I need root access to install again libintl.so.8,or any > other way to solve the problem. > So,how can I get access to csh for root without having access to a root > shell(the previously defined bash does > not work,and I need root access to change the shell for the root acount). This will work: just change the root shell instead of password. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW
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