From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 3 17:15:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.pciway.com (d83b4646.dsl.flashcom.net [216.59.70.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 151D537B503 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 17:15:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (loren@localhost) by unix.pciway.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e940HG035696; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 17:17:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from loren@pciway.com) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 17:17:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Loren Koss To: Sleepless in Brisbane Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I deleted my shell by mistake!! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thats the problem.. I don't.. I have my regular user shell still open.. I can't SU to root anymore.. I think i've learned my lesson about changing roots shell!! Any other suggestions?? Is it gonna be a problem even when I go to the console? How about rebooting into single user mode? Am I totally F*cked??? On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Sleepless in Brisbane wrote: > On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Loren Koss wrote: > > > So, I have a current connection that works, but now all new connections > > are getting declined because somehow (i think it was when i re-cvsuped by > > source) my /usr/local/bin/tcsh is gone.. so.. now i cant connect because > > it says the file is gone.. The real stinker is that i made the root shell > > TCSH as well.. Please tell me there is something I can do.. like somehow > > executing a command like VI to edit the passwd file and change the shell > > of this user and root.. Please tell me I aint screwed!!! > > As long as you have a root shell still open; you can use the command 'vipw' to > change your /etc/passwd file. > > > > 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