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Date:      Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:51:15 +0000
From:      Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Lost root shell
Message-ID:  <199804131351.OAA01889@indigo.ie>

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On Apr 13,  9:40am, "Vladislav S. Davidzon" wrote:
} Subject: RE: Lost root shell
> I have a problem...
> 
> I know that many of the readers on the list will laugh, but I changed the
> root shell to a non-existing binary by mistake and... logged out.  Is
> there any way to get root back?  Obviously I have physical access to
> machine, as well as to a wheel-group user.

boot -s and when it asks you which shell to use, use /bin/csh

> Please reply directly to me.

I hate that kind of sh**.

Niall

-- 
Niall Smart.  Microsoft Suck.  See www.freebsd.org for details.
echo "#define if(x) if(!(x))" >> /usr/include/stdio.h

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