Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 08:51:13 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Luca Renaud <renaud.luca@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Get access to csh (default freebsd shell) for root to solve login problem. Message-ID: <20100706125113.GD54854@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimr2ikyYisgMqJ6jyYmlkQgtsq3l53gRHaZVF8i@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimr2ikyYisgMqJ6jyYmlkQgtsq3l53gRHaZVF8i@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 05:02:59PM +0100, Luca Renaud wrote: > The root shell is now bash,but I was unaware that bash was not > self-contained(it depends at least of libintl.so.8), > and doing some upgrades with ports I erased libintl.so.8,now I cannot access > the root account because bash is > not operational and I need root access to install again libintl.so.8,or any > other way to solve the problem. > So,how can I get access to csh for root without having access to a root > shell(the previously defined bash does > not work,and I need root access to change the shell for the root acount). Just type /bin/csh on the command line or put /bin/csh in /etc/passwd in the shell field or put #!/bin/csh as the first line in a script. ////jerry > > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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