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Date:      Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:17:38 +0200
From:      Aniruddha <mailing_list@orange.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash
Message-ID:  <1224011858.4032.1.camel@debian>
In-Reply-To: <20081014183730.GA56634@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <1224008893.4098.6.camel@debian> <20081014183730.GA56634@icarus.home.lan>

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On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 11:37 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 08:28:13PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote:
> > I tried to change the root's shell to bash. I used this command: 'chsh
> > -s /usr/local/bin/bash'. Prior to changing the shell for root I did it
> > for my user account using the same command without problems.
> > Unfortunately after a reboot I can't login as root anymore because my
> > system can't find /usr/local/bin/bash.
> 
> I can't explain why your systems says it can't find /usr/local/bin/bash.
> I would assume you also cannot log in as yourself.

Thanks for your help! I changed the default shell back to /bin/csh but I
still can't login as root?! I get the same message (can't
find /bin/csh).

-- 
Regards,

Aniruddha







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