From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 5 10:48:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA20233 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:48:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA20228 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:48:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA14637; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:47:42 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199810051747.MAA14637@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Problem with my freebsd In-Reply-To: <6F20CB2E234FD111AFAA00A0C976AAE047A996@ohexch.tri.com> from Sam Ghalyoun at "Oct 5, 98 01:14:35 pm" To: sghalyoun@rens.com (Sam Ghalyoun) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:47:41 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Sam Ghalyoun said: > Hi > > I have changed the shell of the root account to a new path but the path was > wrong, so now every time I login it logs in and out immediately, and comes > back with an error message saying that the shell does not exist. > I tried to login as a single user mode, and it did but the file system was > in read only mode, so I can not save any edited file. in single user mode: mount / fsck /usr mount /usr vipw -- "Time flies like an arrow--Fruit flies like a banana." --J.P. Marston To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message