Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:22:08 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Aniruddha <mailing_list@orange.nl> Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash Message-ID: <20081014192208.GB8930@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <1224011858.4032.1.camel@debian> References: <1224008893.4098.6.camel@debian> <20081014183730.GA56634@icarus.home.lan> <1224011858.4032.1.camel@debian>
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On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:17:38PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 11:37 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 08:28:13PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > > > I tried to change the root's shell to bash. I used this command: 'chsh > > > -s /usr/local/bin/bash'. Prior to changing the shell for root I did it > > > for my user account using the same command without problems. > > > Unfortunately after a reboot I can't login as root anymore because my > > > system can't find /usr/local/bin/bash. > > > > I can't explain why your systems says it can't find /usr/local/bin/bash. > > I would assume you also cannot log in as yourself. > > Thanks for your help! I changed the default shell back to /bin/csh but I > still can't login as root?! I get the same message (can't > find /bin/csh). Your path is most likely screwed up. Probably it never got set correctly. Can you reboot? ////jerry > > -- > Regards, > > Aniruddha > > _______________________________________________ > 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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