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From: dlr@netcom.com (dlr)
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Subject: Re: Su trouble
To: rashid@haven.ios.com (Rashid Karimov.)
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 14:21:53 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199504091845.OAA24417@haven.ios.com> from "Rashid Karimov." at Apr 9, 95 02:45:46 pm
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> > 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

I figured out what was wrong. Looking in the passwd file the root shell had
gotten changed. I didn't use the chpass command correctly.

It was simple to fix once I knew what I had done wrong.

Thanks all for the help

dave