Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 21:33:00 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Ravi Pina <falcon@gersh.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Invalid Shell Lockout Message-ID: <1498.857194380@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 28 Feb 1997 19:01:05 EST." <331771C1.FF6D5DF@gersh.org>
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> 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 boot with the -s flag to come up single-user, remount the / partition read/write (mount -u /), mount /usr (so you have the passwd command) and then change the root password. > 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. Or if anyone were intent on attacking your machine and looking for a really easy way to do it, yes, this would definitely help them. :-) Jordan
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