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Subject: Re: Changing root's shell
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> so it seems changed root login's shell to /usr/bin/bash which doesn't exist. 
> now I can't login to root at all. Oh yes, sudo isn't installed. How would you 
> grand masters of FreeBSD fix my embarrasing mistake.

Boot into single user mode, then vipw the password file and change it 
back.