Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:15:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Ryan Thieme <rt@pinhead.nshl.com> To: Brendan McAlpine <bmcalpine@macconnect.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem su'ing to root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204091612560.7216-100000@pinhead.nshl.com> In-Reply-To: <B8D8C3A6.BF73%bmcalpine@macconnect.com>
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Brendan McAlpine wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I have run into a bit of a problem. For some reason, when I ssh into my > FreeBSD box and try to su to root, I get this message: > > su: /bin/csh: No such file or directory > > Looks like the root user is set up to use csh, when it isn't on the machine. > How can I change the root user's shell? I can't su to root right now as the > csh is not found. > > Help! Is there any way to do this remotely? If not, how do I go about > fixing this? > > Thanks > > Brendan > I'll take my first stab at *answering* a question and not just asking them. If you have sudo access set up for your account you could always: sudo vipw and change the shell there or sudo chsh root and change the shell there or edit /etc/shells and add /bin/csh or where ever the csh shell might be, like /usr/local/bin/csh Hopefully one of my answers will work and is actually the safe way to do it. Ryan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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