Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:03:29 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> To: JannaDanRich <house@lvcm.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please Help .. moron at wheel .. oops no, don't even have that acct Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104210000440.63117-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <05fb01c0ca1d$23d6b5b0$1616160a@neoone>
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, JannaDanRich wrote: :ok, only one user configured, changing shell :and I didn't double check my typing .. I have no :shell for my root user now.. how do I get in to effect :changes to passwd? CTRL-ALT-DELETE should reboot the machine cleanly. When you get the "Booting kernel in 10 seconds, press any key..." prompt, press a key. Type boot -s, which will boot you single user mode. It will prompt you for a shell, press return. Do this: # fsck # mount -a # vipw (and fix your shell problem. ) # exit (and the machine will boot multi-user David -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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