Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 09:08:30 -0600 (CST) From: Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com> To: Matthew Jonkman <jonkman@bussert.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root login shell problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001270904530.2735-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <007a01bf68d5$97f4f880$350a0a0a@bussert.com.Bussert>
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Login is as someone with shutdown rights,and issue the command shutdown now. This will get you a question asking you which shell to use when it hits single user mode. Enter /bin/sh and then you can go to etc and edit your passwd file. I wouldn't autoselect bash as root's shell. Why? If you ever have a problem with you HD, /usr may not be mounted and you won't get a shell. I generally leave root with csh and then switch to bash when necessary, temporarily. A little more typing, but... *==============================================* *Gene Harris http://www.tetronsoftware.com* *FreeBSD Novice * *All ORBS.org SMTP connections are denied! * *==============================================* On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Matthew Jonkman wrote: > I made a typo in my root chsh to point it to /bin/bash rather than > /usr/local/bin/bash. As a result I'm locked out of my root account. Even if > I login as root from the console it kicks me back out to a login. > > I don't know much about single user mode. Will this allow me to get back in > to change the shell? > > Thanks > ========================================= > > Matthew Jonkman > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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