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Date:      Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:02:14 -0700
From:      Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>
To:        Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, lacalling@gmail.com
Subject:   Re: I cannot login coz bash is deinstalled
Message-ID:  <ade45ae90903032102l6320f090o8fd22905a66def60@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200903040449.n244nLMc052523@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > How can I change my shell to sh without logining?
>
> You cannot!
>
> But what you can:
>
> - boot in singkle user mode
> - mount all your s=disks: mount -a
> - edit /etc/passwd with your favourite editor
>
> Bests,
>
> olivier



WRONG!

DO NOT EDIT /etc/passwd DIRECTLY!!!
vipw, or change your EDITOR environment variable to use something else other
than vi.

Otherwise correct.



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