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Date:      Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:47:53 +0300
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To:        Brandon Grace <brandon.grace@ntscom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Root users shell == no existant shell /bin/bash
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On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 10:29:58AM -0500, Brandon Grace wrote:
> I made a mistake setting my shell and have set the root users shell to
> /bin/bash instead of /bin/sh. I am curiuos if anyone knows how to fix thi=
s.
> The machines is FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p4 and does not have sudo only su.

Reboot the machine in single-user mode - press Space or anything but
Enter at the spinning loader prompt, then type 'boot -s'.  After that,
mount the rest of the filesystems (if necessary) by 'mount -a', run
'vipw' (or 'chsh -s /bin/sh root' directly) and fix your mistake.

I think this was documented somewhere in the FAQ or the Handbook, but
right now I can't find it.

G'luck,
Peter

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