Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 14:45:57 +0800 (WST) From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@obiwan.aceonline.com.au> To: Ravi Pina <falcon@gersh.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Invalid Shell Lockout Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970301144458.1926B-100000@obiwan.aceonline.com.au> In-Reply-To: <331771C1.FF6D5DF@gersh.org>
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Try on the boot line: -s Will drop you into single-user mode, and yuo'll have a root shell. Don't worry, I'm sure we've all done this once *grin* Cya. Adrian. 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. > > Thanks! > > -ravi > > -- > Ravi Pina * "I am forbidden to produce milk. In cyberland, > Systems Administrator * we only drink Diet Coke(tm)." - RENT > 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 >
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