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Date:      Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:14:21 -0400
From:      "firmdog@gmail.com" <firmdog@gmail.com>
To:        kpneal@pobox.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkg_delete bash, logged out by accident, can't ssh back in (not good)
Message-ID:  <CAHcg-UFahAwG7%2BhgDiK-OLGqS_H0nKjeR4wozRHwauaUUFEsQA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140926210145.GA10084@neutralgood.org>
References:  <CAHcg-UGOAjobmTnWM9%2B5PiE23wXrDO8v31p5QCF07ar8aXEV8A@mail.gmail.com> <20140926210145.GA10084@neutralgood.org>

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Oh boy. I have only 2 accounts on this box. Root and one other
account. Both use bash as default.

I am completely locked out of this box on the command line?





On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 5:01 PM,  <kpneal@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 04:51:32PM -0400, firmdog@gmail.com wrote:
>> I did a pkg_delete of bash and was going to make install a new one
>> from the port, due to shellshock. I logged out by accident, and when
>> try to login via ssh, it won't take my password. I assume I can't
>> login because the default shell is bash, which has been removed right?
>
> Sounds like it.
>
>> Any ideas on how I can get into my remote freebsd box via ssh?
>
> Use a different remote account with a different shell.
>
>> Workarounds?
>
> None.
> --
> Kevin P. Neal                                http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/
>
>  "Good grief, I've just noticed I've typed in a rant. Sorry chaps!"
>                             Keir Finlow Bates, circa 1998



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