Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:55:59 -0400 From: Moti Levy <moti@flncs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <40EDDF0F.2020801@flncs.com> In-Reply-To: <20040708214355.GD9749@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <MIECIPFEFPEOCCFADKPBAEGECNAA.michaelj@ntscom.com> <20040708214355.GD9749@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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Jonathan Chen wrote: >On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 08:54:45AM -0500, Mike J wrote: > > >>I have a question. One of the new guys went into one of our BSD servers and >>changed the root environment from the default to /bin/bash and bash isn't >>installed on this box, therefore we are having trouble su'ing in and even >>logging in at the console. Anyone have any ideas on how to get in. >> >> > >Boot into single user (just hit the reset button when all is quite and >hit the space bar during the appropriate boot-prompt), and it will >allow you to specify the shell to use in single user mode (/bin/sh by >default). > > # fsck -y > # mount -a > # vipw > >should do the trick. > > if u have a user that is a memeber of the wheel group you can try and copy bash to /bin
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