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From: Marc Dubrowski <marcus@kbinirsnb.be>
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Subject: lost root shell (silly isn't it?)
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:01:50 +0200
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Hello all

I made a very stupid mistake: I've set root's shell to /sbin/nologin.
I know it's stupid, but I didn't recall how to prevent logging on directly from
the console.

Now, I'd like to change all this and get my shell back.

Can I start my computer in single user mode (and how?) and how to vipw from
there ?

Thanks in advance

Marcus


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