From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 19 01:11:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12EC516A436 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 01:11:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gs_stoller@juno.com) Received: from outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com (outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com [64.136.20.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6ADAA43D46 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 01:11:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gs_stoller@juno.com) Received: from webmail23.nyc.untd.com (webmail23.nyc.untd.com [10.141.27.163]) by smtpout05.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABCG4G4EAZBQ5C2 for (sender ); Thu, 18 May 2006 18:11:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gs_stoller@juno.com) by webmail23.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id LQPR62A2; Thu, 18 May 2006 18:10:47 PDT Received: from [67.84.52.37] by webmail23.nyc.untd.com with HTTP: Fri, 19 May 2006 01:09:49 GMT X-Originating-IP: [67.84.52.37] Mime-Version: 1.0 From: "gs_stoller@juno.com" Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 01:09:49 GMT To: unixforums@yahoo.com X-Mailer: Webmail Version 4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <20060518.181047.24282.992961@webmail23.nyc.untd.com> X-ContentStamp: 1:1:1605911915 X-UNTD-OriginStamp: /s5f1SIGSI3+WdnoYQ8yRDHgdxEl0vaJ7inE4d03zRrKrl1bAYX8pw== X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 10.141.27.163|webmail23.nyc.untd.com|webmail23.nyc.untd.com|gs_stoller@juno.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to change roots shell X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 01:11:35 -0000 Login as root, type "vipw" hich puts you into vi on thwe password file= , and change the root's shell to whatever you want (provided the path is= legal).