Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 13:49:31 +0800 From: lacalling <lacalling@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I cannot login coz bash is deinstalled Message-ID: <de8d0ce00903032149n77cad154ja2ae42cfa342eb33@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <de8d0ce00903032111i2fa1b83erd277b623903986e0@mail.gmail.com> References: <de8d0ce00903032040l2a2e9c5o6e5f5f8cc9c177e1@mail.gmail.com> <200903040449.n244nLMc052523@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <ade45ae90903032102l6320f090o8fd22905a66def60@mail.gmail.com> <de8d0ce00903032111i2fa1b83erd277b623903986e0@mail.gmail.com>
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I tried to vi /etc/passwd and change the path of shell to sh from bash. it did not work coz it is encrypted? anyway i suceessed with chsh finally. On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> > How can I change my shell to sh without logining? >> >> You cannot! >> >> But what you can: >> >> - boot in singkle user mode >> - mount all your s=disks: mount -a >> - edit /etc/passwd with your favourite editor >> >> Bests, >> >> olivier > > > > WRONG! > > DO NOT EDIT /etc/passwd DIRECTLY!!! > vipw, or change your EDITOR environment variable to use something else > other than vi. > > Otherwise correct. > >
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