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Date:      Tue, 03 Oct 2000 20:34:27 -0400
From:      John <papalia@udel.edu>
To:        Loren Koss <loren@pciway.com>, Sleepless in Brisbane <snowy@snowy.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I deleted my shell by mistake!!
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20001003203331.00af05a0@mail.udel.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010031716020.35678-100000@unix.pciway.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010041006270.80854-100000@snowy.org>

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>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???

Reboot into single user, accept /bin/sh as your shell-of-choice, `vipw' and 
change the path of your root shell back to /bin/sh, go off, be merry, and 
have fun :)

--John



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