Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:27:27 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Aniruddha <mailing_list@orange.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash Message-ID: <20081014192727.GA57756@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <1224011858.4032.1.camel@debian> References: <1224008893.4098.6.camel@debian> <20081014183730.GA56634@icarus.home.lan> <1224011858.4032.1.camel@debian>
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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). I can't explain this. Possibly there's a permissions or ownership problem on the / directory (ls -ld / will show you that)? I've no idea; sounds odd. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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