Date: 30 Jul 2001 11:27:53 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oops! Message-ID: <44elqymo7a.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: RPH@henrob.co.uk's message of "30 Jul 2001 15:27:49 %2B0200" References: <E0E018A00F57D411AE9E00105A3DFD0139F3E0@WAL_002>
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RPH@henrob.co.uk (Hemsley, Robin) writes: > I don't know if this is the appropriate address to send this problem to but > here goes... Yep. But Reading the Fine Manual first is the recommended procedure for getting help from this list. > I am new to unix and foolishly changed the root accounts shell to a > non-existant one (/bin/bash). Dead, dead clever - I know! So the problem now > is that I can't login as root nor SU to root and therefore can't change my > shell back. Common problem. People ask about it all the time. That's why it's in the Frequently Asked Questions list. > Is there a (relatively) simple way to change back to a shell which actually > exists...? Certainly. "I made a mistake in rc.conf, or another startup file, and now I cannot edit it because the filesystem is read-only. What should I do?" http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#RCCONF-READONLY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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