Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 02:36:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Ronald Klop <ronald@node11a94.a2000.nl> To: Jim Lawrence <jlawrence@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to get back into root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003300231590.588-100000@tulip100.evertsen.nl> In-Reply-To: <38E29F8E.2E1A4FC9@home.com>
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi, > Now, when I try to log in as root, it runs the beginnings of a session > (the stuff you see before the command prompt), then gives the error > "/bin/bash - no such file or directory" and brings me back to the login > prompt. > > I can still log in as my username, but I can't get to any root > configuration-type things, and I don't have write access to /bin to > install the bash on. > > Any ideas on how I can get back in the system as root without > reinstalling? > > Any help is appreciated. > > Jim Lawrence > I know two options. Try su to switchuser to root. Or reboot. If the systems says something like 'waiting 9 seconds before booting' press the spacebar and type 'boot -s'. The system wil now boot single user (as root) and you don't need a password if you didn't change /etc/ttys. The default shell is than /bin/sh. Type 'mount -a' to mount every partition and change the shell of root. Type 'ctrl-d' and your system wil start to multiuser mode again. Succes, Ronald. -- Ronald Klop http://node11a94.a2000.nl/~ronald/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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