Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:47:59 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broken shell - I can't login at all Message-ID: <20050215194759.GV8365@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <20050215095630.1f2caea7@localhost> References: <205376f105021420572470976@mail.gmail.com> <20050215095630.1f2caea7@localhost>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 09:56:30AM -0500, epilogue wrote: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:57:28 -0800 > Jeff BSD <jeff.bsd@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi- > > I'm in the process of upgrading a 4.6 system to 5.3. When I boot the > > machine it gets to: <snip> > > ---- > > Enter full pathname of shell of RETURN for /bin/sh: > > pid # (sh), uid 0: exited on signal 12 > > init: bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to single user > > mode > > Enter root password, or ^D to go multi-user > > Password: > > ---- > > > > Round and round I go. > > > > Sounds like I broke /bin/sh to me. I've messed around in safe mode > > but I can't see how I can use it to possibly fix my problem, assuming > > I did do anything to /bin/sh (which I don't think I did - > > intentionally/directly that is). > > > > How do I fix it so I can boot it? A bit of the chicken and the egg, > > what? > > hello jeff, > > please see if it will accept /rescue/sh (the statically compiled rescue > binary) Or you could try entering a differnt shell altogether. tcsh and csh are both in /bin, but appear to be single file, hardlinked by those two names. In any case, one of those may well work. Personally, one of the first things I do with a new install is to add the bash port/package and then make a copy of the binary (/usr/local/bin/bash) in /bin. This way I can use the shell that is most familiar to me. Nathan [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCElHvO0ZIEthSfkkRApqOAJwKwaMTOm9EnN0EnLmR43z575dH1QCfV2S5 XsGfPV4Zo2rPXaY90RHAf20= =mFP7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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