Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:50:33 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels - SSG <ChrisMic@sbservices.com> To: "'Alex Knowles'" <alex@targeting.co.uk>, "Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: I can't believe I am soo stupid Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5CCB@site2s1>
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Boot up the machine single user ( -s at the boot up prompt ) It will ask for the shell to use [/bin/sh] once in there, edit the passwd file and fix the path for the root shell. > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Knowles [SMTP:alex@targeting.co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 1:40 PM > To: Questions (E-mail) > Subject: I can't believe I am soo stupid > > doh, > I have just locked myself out of my bsd 3 box > I tried to change the shell that root uses by editing the passwd file and > put in > /usr/bin/tcsh > When i try and log in as root it says that it can't find bin/tcsh > and dumps me back to a login prompt > Please help (preferably kindly!) > thanks alot > Mr Stupid > (alex) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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