Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:18:17 +0200 From: Toni Schmidbauer <toni@stderror.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cd-rom sysinstall fixit utility Message-ID: <20050418181817.GA85685@stderror.at> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0504181304120.25843@shell1> References: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0504181304120.25843@shell1>
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 01:05:53PM -0400, Darrel wrote: > Is there actually a way to change the shell of root while logged in with > the fixit utility on the cd-rom? boot from the fixit cd/floppy, mount your root partition (e.g. /dev/ad0s1a), edit /etc/passwd and change the shell to something valid (/bin/csh should always work). a quick search on google for "freebsd fixit" found the following, which might help: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com/technotes/fixit.html in your case, after mounting /dev/ad0s1a on /mnt, "vi /mnt/etc/passwd" - save, reboot and you should be fine. hth, toni -- Wer es einmal so weit gebracht hat, dass er nicht | toni at stderror dot at mehr irrt, der hat auch zu arbeiten aufgehoert | Toni Schmidbauer -- Max Planck |
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