Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 06:33:42 -0400 From: "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.net> To: Anders Dahlqvist <anders@kommandoraden.info> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root users shell == no existant shell /bin/bash Message-ID: <20040709103342.GA2842@cowbert.net> In-Reply-To: <200407091158.35803.anders@kommandoraden.info> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAQalskDVfo0WQ/a0WxfyYA8KAAAAQAAAAHZLwubL1IEW8iaIucc4elAEAAAAA@ntscom.com> <200407091158.35803.anders@kommandoraden.info>
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On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 11:58:35AM +0200, Anders Dahlqvist wrote: > torsdagen den 8 juli 2004 17.29 skrev Brandon Grace: > > I made a mistake setting my shell and have set the root users shell to > > /bin/bash instead of /bin/sh. I am curiuos if anyone knows how to fix this. > > The machines is FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p4 and does not have sudo only su. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ...and I gather that "su - toor" doesn't work either for some reason or other? toor has a disabled (*) password by default. What Brannon should have done was set a password for toor in the beginning, without mucking around with root's shell. But as a rule of thumb, you're probably superuser way too much if you develop an urge to change it shell anyway.
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