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Date:      Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:34:04 -0800 (PST)
From:      Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
To:        Ravi Pina <falcon@gersh.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Invalid Shell Lockout
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.970228163314.18561A-100000@narcissus.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <331771C1.FF6D5DF@gersh.org>

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On Fri, 28 Feb 1997, Ravi Pina wrote:

> Well, I seemt o have supplied an invalid shell for root, so when I want
> to su over it gives me a Permission denied!  I appear to be completely
> locked out of the system as a result... any idea what I can do to
> overcome this problem?  It owuld be nice if it just fell back to /bin/sh
> or something so you can login even if you're a dork like me.

Boot to single-user mode and change it.
 
> Thanks!
> 
> -ravi
> 
> --
> Ravi Pina              * "I am forbidden to produce milk.  In cyberland,
> Systems Administrator  *  we only drink Diet Coke(tm)." - RENT
			     		  ^^^^^^^^^
what's that, some kinda wuss version of Jolt?  :)

> Web Marketing, Inc.    * "Its 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full
> falcon@webmrkt.com     *  tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, its
> http://www.webmrkt.com *  dark and we're wearing sunglasses." - Blu'B'rs
> 



 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems."




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