From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 15 18:37:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D250106564A for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:37:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f228.google.com (mail-bw0-f228.google.com [209.85.218.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB15E8FC08 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:37:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by bwz28 with SMTP id 28so821672bwz.43 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:37:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kLyq/RtQFTLYDlIhTXTXfPS2gJxAI/N7MKUAqv0TPus=; b=VuvJP+bPfN0HySSOA1WujXzfM1KwqrV59BAOWeL3/sKVoKBZ0lRJ/LulsYn+FoZ6B5 Kmt9hTf03NckirICg6UKhS3bDx/eXBVqp4oK5dDnIFt+EYEblblXJhaQrgwwFXP1hoEu AP2b/PviYkChK5mihrY8PIInxQOp0kXaHSwbM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=obr830zGfrugqMSJmhZ2K1V7LTAMlPBHcixmiw2RpWPaEyz5mEX85DiLRUQV3vjmdf 5VItuWpQUCKZZqhLsJw4KTWiW8Q7tesCnyVGBYwFRT1VZXYKUAaVNCcEdP3nAy5tmgPi lwlwidzuWs4mo0IaOH5Cd8S7Jlk6id8bis3OA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.115.143 with SMTP id i15mr7360222bkq.103.1245091074587; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:37:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090615132743.GA86767@ei.bzerk.org> References: <194669.83794.qm@web57002.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <4ad871310906141311r3f0e9d8dne337db1b5bf8cb43@mail.gmail.com> <20090615132743.GA86767@ei.bzerk.org> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:37:54 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310906151137t7cdf48a3q4af34a98a286089c@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Ruben de Groot , Unga , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Cannot login as root, exited on signal 11 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:37:56 -0000 On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Ruben de Groot wrote: >> If so, reboot into single-user mode, and change it back. > > Why reboot? You can "su -s /bin/tcsh" > How can you change the shell if you cannot log in? That's why I suggested single-user mode. >> This is one of the best reasons not to screw around with the root account. > > Agree. I should bookmark this thread for when (not if) this discussion comes up > again. > > Ruben > > -- Glen Barber