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From: "Rashid Karimov." <rashid@haven.ios.com>
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Subject: Re: Su trouble
To: dlr@netcom.com (dlr)
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 14:45:46 -0400 (EDT)
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		Hi there , 

> 
> I was messing around with trying to switch to tcsh and now can't su
> to root.
> 
> I get this message:
> 
>  su
> Password:
> su: permission denied (shell).
> 
> 
> How do I get out of this? I can boot onto another disk with almost mirror
> image, and can boot into single user mode but I'm not quite certain what to
> fix.

	If perms are correct on tcsh , most probably the tcsh wasn't listed
	in /etc/shells. I'm not sure if FreeBSD imposes such strict limitations
	on shell for root , but it's quite possible IMHO
> 
> dave
>