Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 08:00:21 +0200 From: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za> To: Marco Shaw <marco@nbnet.nb.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP! no shell Message-ID: <357394F5.41C67EA6@wired.ctech.ac.za> References: <000701bd8db8$a3243580$0a22a10a@ipo10161034010.nbtel.net>
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Marco Shaw wrote: > > I just installed my system today. I prefer the BASH shell, so I immediately > changed my shell (root) to BASH. I presumed that it was in /bin/bash and > already installed, BUT it wasn't. Now I can't login as root, I just get > kicked back to the login prompt, and I can't 'su' to root because the groups > aren't setup right! Try this first. Boot up in single user mode (-s a the prompt) run mount -a to mount all your file systems vi /etc/shells put bash in there (/usr/local/bin/bash, or wereever) type exit You should be fine then. -Jacques ------------------------------------------------------ The box said "Requires Windows 3.1 or better" ... so I got BSD Network Administrator | Jacques Hugo UNIX Systems | jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za Cape Technikon | +27-21-4603584 ------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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