From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 20 22:12: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 100m.mp200-1.esr.lvcm.net (100m.mp200-1.esr.lvcm.net [24.234.0.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF8C637B423 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:12:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from house@lvcm.com) Received: from neoone (cm082.44.234.24.lvcm.com [24.234.44.82]) by 100m.mp200-1.esr.lvcm.net (Mirapoint) with SMTP id ABP82933; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:11:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <062801c0ca21$4fb99db0$1616160a@neoone> From: "JannaDanRich" To: "David Scheidt" Cc: References: Subject: Re: Please Help .. moron at wheel .. Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:09:49 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thank You .. thank you .. and thank you ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Scheidt" To: "JannaDanRich" Cc: Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 10:03 PM Subject: Re: Please Help .. moron at wheel .. oops no, don't even have that acct > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message