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Date:      Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:26:42 +0200
From:      Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de>
To:        Theo PAGTZIS <T.Pagtzis@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: help with restoring sh
Message-ID:  <20000824192642.B30092@cicely8.cicely.de>
In-Reply-To: <39A4DDE1.17DFE7DC@cs.ucl.ac.uk>; from T.Pagtzis@cs.ucl.ac.uk on Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 09:33:37AM %2B0100
References:  <39A4DDE1.17DFE7DC@cs.ucl.ac.uk>

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On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 09:33:37AM +0100, Theo PAGTZIS wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>    I have been upgrading from 3.4 to 4.1 and during the reboot I get a
> permission denied when it tries to exec the /bin/sh.  I am trying to
> restore the file with one that is functioning properly..however I do not
> know how I should go about correcting my problem. I would appreciate any
> help as I am stranded with a server that is down at the moment...

With boot -s you on the loader prompt you can boot into single user mode.
If asked for the shell to start try /bin/csh which is a different shell
and then fix your problem.

-- 
B.Walter              COSMO-Project         http://www.cosmo-project.de
ticso@cicely.de         Usergroup           info@cosmo-project.de



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