Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 10:08:27 +1000 (EST) From: Sleepless in Brisbane <snowy@snowy.org> To: Loren Koss <loren@pciway.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I deleted my shell by mistake!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010041006270.80854-100000@snowy.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010031654110.35573-100000@unix.pciway.com>
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On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Loren Koss wrote: > So, I have a current connection that works, but now all new connections > are getting declined because somehow (i think it was when i re-cvsuped by > source) my /usr/local/bin/tcsh is gone.. so.. now i cant connect because > it says the file is gone.. The real stinker is that i made the root shell > TCSH as well.. Please tell me there is something I can do.. like somehow > executing a command like VI to edit the passwd file and change the shell > of this user and root.. Please tell me I aint screwed!!! As long as you have a root shell still open; you can use the command 'vipw' to change your /etc/passwd file. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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