From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 30 6:29:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chmls20.mediaone.net (chmls20.mediaone.net [24.147.1.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65B0A37B401 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 06:29:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leblanc@acadia.ne.mediaone.net) Received: from acadia.ne.mediaone.net (acadia.ne.mediaone.net [65.96.185.189]) by chmls20.mediaone.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f6UDTiB29488 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:29:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by acadia.ne.mediaone.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA09356; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:23:03 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:23:03 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oops! Message-ID: <20010730092303.A9308@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i X-bright-idea: Lets abolish HTML mail! Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Just a guess here, but try booting to single user mode (see the handbook, I don't remember offhand) and change it from there. Someone else may want to correct me on this, but I think it should work. HTH L On 07/30/01 02:27 PM, Hemsley, Robin sat at the `puter and typed: > > > Hi, > > I don't know if this is the appropriate address to send this problem to but > here goes... > > I am new to unix and foolishly changed the root accounts shell to a > non-existant one (/bin/bash). Dead, dead clever - I know! So the problem now > is that I can't login as root nor SU to root and therefore can't change my > shell back. > > Is there a (relatively) simple way to change back to a shell which actually > exists...? > > TIA, > > Best regards, > > RobH > > > Visit our website at http://www.henrob.co.uk > > ********************************************************************** > This email is intended for the above named only. > It may contain private and confidential information > or material that is privileged. If it has come to you in error > you must take no action based upon it, > nor must you copy or show it to anyone. > > Please return the message immediately to administrator@henrob.co.uk > ********************************************************************** > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@acadia.ne.mediaone.net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://acadia.ne.mediaone.net ԿԬ Cabbage, n.: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message