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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To: Aniruddha <mailing_list@orange.nl>
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Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash
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On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:17:38PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote:

> 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).

Your path is most likely screwed up.    Probably it never got set
correctly.     Can you reboot?

////jerry    

> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Aniruddha
> 
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