Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 17:22:21 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'Brett B. Lanham'" <lanhabb@hera.wku.edu> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: root login Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D0F@site2s1>
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You neglected to mention what version you are running. Your root password
is valid, it's complaining that you don't have permission to execute
/bin/csh (which is the default shell).
You can boot single user to rectify this.
To boot into single-user mode:
3.1-RELEASE and earlier:
At the boot prompt, type ``-s'' and press enter.
3.2-RELEASE or later:
At the boot prompt, type ``boot -s'' and press enter.
(quoted from Sheldon)
I would then suggest mounting your file systems. (mount -a)
Once you've done this all you should have to do is type "chmod 755 /bin/csh"
to rectify the problem.
Hope this helps,
-Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brett B. Lanham [SMTP:lanhabb@hera.wku.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 5:15 PM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: root login
>
> Evidently I messed something up on install because I am now unable to
> login as root. I get :
>
> login: /bin/csh: Permission denied
>
> I am certain I am typing the password correct and I am wondering why the
> system is trying to throw me into csh. Wouldn't it just give me login
> incorrect if my password were bad. anyway since I can't login as root I
> can't do a whole lot to correct this. If there is no easy way to correct
> this the nI can just reinstall but I would like to be able to fix it w/o
> the reinstall. I am still able to login as the userr that I set up during
> the install. I glad at least I did that.
>
> Brett
>
>
>
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