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Date:      Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:14:07 +1200 (NZST)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
Cc:        Richard Belanger <a030058t@bc.seflin.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: http://www.freebsd.org/mailto.html
Message-ID:  <Pine.SC5.4.10.9904211111570.4746-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990420181944.11384Z-100000@cygnus.rush.net>

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On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> do not, i repeat, do NOT change your root shell to bash, if the machine
> ever has problems and can't get to /usr/local/* then you will be
> royally hosed if you can't log in as root.

It's *always* possible to log into root by booting into single-user,
and using the default /bin/sh as the shell.
--
Jonathan Chen            |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
                         |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.



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