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Kevin Oberman wrote:
> 
original post snipped>

> Sure. Just boot into single-user mode and re-edit the file. (Single
> user mode will default to sh as the shell.)

May I ask a simple question here?
How does one boot into single-user mode?
See, painless, eh?

Thanks

timo

ps.  FWIW, I promise never to change my root shell until I
know what I'm doing...and that'll be a _long_ time from now.


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