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Subject: Re: root shell problem (fwd)
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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)

I forgot:
Do a "mount -u /" here to make the root-partition writable
Werner

> and mount manually the /usr-partition.
> Then try vipw !
> 
> Werner
> 
>