Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 08:22:29 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Adam Hefetz <adam_hefetz@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with root Message-ID: <20000706082229.B268@dialin-client.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20000706142103.14777.qmail@hotmail.com>; from adam_hefetz@hotmail.com on Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 02:21:03PM %2B0000 References: <20000706142103.14777.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 02:21:03PM +0000, Adam Hefetz wrote: > Hi, > I did something really stupid and deleted tcsh to free up some space. The > problem is that if I want to login as root it can't because I don't have > tcsh. I would install tcsh from the ports or download it to a floppy but > when I type 'mount' or 'ppp' I get 'Operation not permitted'. Does any one > have any suggestions? Boot into single-user mode and use vipw(8) or chsh(1) to put in a valid shell for root. In the future, make sure either root or toor (if you kept that user) has a shell in /bin. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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