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From: griessl <werner@btp1x5.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
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Subject: Re: root shell problem
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In-Reply-To: <9508151241.AA20407@i-2000.com> from "Francisco Reyes" at Aug 15, 95 08:39:16 am
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> 
> I was attempting to change my shell for the roo to bash. I left  
> out the initial '/' so I wrote usr/.... instead of /usr....
> 
> How can I fix this? I can not log in as root. Is there a way to log  
> in an indicate a shell at the same time?
> 
Boot your system with -s on the boot prompt (single user)
and mount manually the /usr-partition.
Then try vipw !

Werner