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Date:      Sun, 21 Jul 2002 02:02:02 +0200
From:      Simon Sandlund <orbb@bredband.net>
To:        Thomas Connolly <tconnolly@electrosoftsolutions.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Wheel ?
Message-ID:  <20020721020202.541bdea3.orbb@bredband.net>
In-Reply-To: <71ED4DBF1EA19A45A3765CA9548BE30A212D@server1.electrosoftsolutions.com>
References:  <71ED4DBF1EA19A45A3765CA9548BE30A212D@server1.electrosoftsolutions.com>

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On Sat, 20 Jul 2002 17:36:14 -0600
Thomas Connolly <tconnolly@electrosoftsolutions.com> wrote:

> 
> Ok now I've really screwed things up.  I did what you said, entered /bin/csh
> into the password file only, I spelled  csh as xsh and now I can't even
> login as root. I get an error that says the same things as before "/bin/xsh"
> directory or file does not exist.  Is there anything I can do now?  Help
> please?
> 
> Thank you,
> Tom
You can start up single user mode. When you start up your computer
it says "press any key to get a command line" or something similiar.
Do that and type "boot -s", that will give a a /bin/sh shell and a 
possibility to fix your mistake. Then type "exit" to continue the 
boot process. 

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