Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:12:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> To: arkii@netnet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't get into my own system... Message-ID: <199808200412.VAA06746@ix.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <199808200303.WAA19456@tigris.netnet.net> (arkii@netnet.net)
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The message is happening because someone has changed the root shell to 'nologin'. If you have access to a FreeBSD system, look at 'man 8 nologin'. What happens when you boot into single user mode? Reboot the machine. At the boot prompt, enter -s. This should put you into a mode that allows you to change the root shell. This is a sort of "root maintenance" mode. You will have to mount the root file system, 'mount -a' should work. '/usr/sbin/vipw' should allow you to change the root shell. Change the last field in the "root" line to be '/bin/csh'. Then, exit vipw (:x). After you get back to the prompt, 'exit' should allow the machine to continue into the multi-user mode. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199808200412.VAA06746>