Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:07:27 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: sporkl@ix.netcom.com Cc: Alex Knowles <alex@targeting.co.uk>, "Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: I can't believe I am soo stupid Message-ID: <19981118210727.B14506@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981117165122.274B-100000@PigStuy.dyn.ml.org> References: <615CAC0140CED111AF1500805FEDDB8A094AE8@ns.new-mediacom.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.3.96.981117165122.274B-100000@PigStuy.dyn.ml.org>
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Spike Gronim wrote:
> If you have "sudo" on your system, type "sudo my_favorite_editor
> /etc/passwd" and change root's shell to /usr/local/bin/tcsh, which is
> where tcsh usually gets installed to.
If you edit /etc/passwd, you'll have to rebuild /etc/pwd.db as well. And
make sure /etc/{master.,}passwd are in sync (don't know what would
happen if they weren't). Would just ``sudo vipw'' work to do it the
right way?
> Or, you can boot to single-user mode (the -s option at boot time) and hit
> enter when it asks you for a shell. Then you can edit /etc/passwd and
> reboot the system.
Or use ``shutdown now'' to drop down to single user, that way you
shouldn't need to reboot :-) This assumes you have put yourself into
group operator, so you have exec permission for /sbin/shutdown
--
Ben Smithurst
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