Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 10:36:21 +1000 (EST) From: Sleepless in Brisbane <snowy@snowy.org> To: Loren Koss <loren@pciway.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I deleted my shell by mistake!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010041022300.80854-100000@snowy.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010031716020.35678-100000@unix.pciway.com>
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On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Loren Koss wrote:
> 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.
From memory if you boot your BSD box in single use mode ('boot -s' at the boot
manager prompt) it is hard-wired to use '/bin/sh'. You could try that, once
you get in you just need to do a 'mount -a' before using 'vipw' to change
things and then reboot.
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