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Date:      Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:37:54 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>, Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Cannot login as root, exited on signal 11
Message-ID:  <4ad871310906151137t7cdf48a3q4af34a98a286089c@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090615132743.GA86767@ei.bzerk.org>
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Ruben de Groot<mail25@bzerk.org> wrote:
>> If so, reboot into single-user mode, and change it back.
>
> Why reboot? You can "su -s /bin/tcsh"
>

How can you change the shell if you cannot log in?  That's why I
suggested single-user mode.

>> This is one of the best reasons not to screw around with the root account.
>
> Agree. I should bookmark this thread for when (not if) this discussion comes up
> again.
>
> Ruben
>
>



-- 
Glen Barber



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