Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 08:17:21 -0400 From: Jason Stewart <jstewart@rtl.org> To: Bud Roth <bud_roth@yahoo.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Gary Nye <gary@consys.com> Subject: Re: hacked /etc/passwd and can't reboot Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20010606081542.02c62508@63.94.12.188> In-Reply-To: <20010605212017.45515.qmail@web10004.mail.yahoo.com> References: <3B1D495A.223E1EE1@consys.com>
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If you installed bash from the ports collection, it would be in /usr/local/bin/bash. Good Luck, Jason Stewart At 02:20 PM 6/5/2001 -0700, Bud Roth wrote: >I wanted FreeBSD to boot into bash, not sh, so I >changed the default shell for the two users on my >system (bud and root) in the file /etc/passwd from >/bin/sh to /bin/bash. Stupid me. Either bash is not >in /bin or it just won't work. The result is that I >cannot log in. How can I either reboot off of a >floppy and edit passwd to take out the offensive "ba" >or use the command prompt that FreeBSD temporarily >gives me when booting up to do the same? > >Silly mistake on my part, I confess. 8-( > >Any help would be most appreciated. > >Bud > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 >a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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