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Date:      Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:48:26 -0600
From:      Ed Stover <estover@nativenerds.com>
To:        Darrel <dlevitch@iglou.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cd-rom sysinstall fixit utility
Message-ID:  <1113846506.65032.6.camel@red.nativenerds.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0504181304120.25843@shell1>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.61.0504181304120.25843@shell1>

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On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 13:05 -0400, Darrel wrote:
> Having mistyped changes with the 'pw' command, giving my User and Root a
> bad path to their shells might required a new installation.  I can not log
> in at all.
> 
> Is there actually a way to change the shell of root while logged in with
> the fixit utility on the cd-rom?

Just boot into single user mode, mount root, use vipw to fix the path,
and then reboot. done.

> 
> Darrel
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