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Old 11-21-2003
Can't logon
I stupidly changed the shell of the root user to one that does not exist, and now when I try to lgon it says it cannot find the path to my shell and will not let me proceed any further. Is there any way I can get round this without re-installing the OS?

Thanks for any replies.
# 2  
Old 11-21-2003
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check a live-cd-os like knoppix
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-old-en.html
, mount your fs and correct it

greetings Preßy
# 3  
Old 11-21-2003
What OS are you using? If you are using a Linux variant, then you can easily overcome this with Toms Root boot.Toms RooT BooT
# 4  
Old 11-21-2003
Thanks for replying guys, I'm using FreeBSD 5.1 Unix.
# 5  
Old 11-22-2003
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Originally posted by SRP
Thanks for replying guys, I'm using FreeBSD 5.1 Unix.
You should be able to boot into single user mode "boot -s" when prompted and mount your file systems and modify the entry.

I can't remember for sure but I believe that the boot process will either ask you for a shell to use or use /bin/sh by default.

Of course, all of this is coming off the top of my head. Smilie
# 6  
Old 11-23-2003
I have booted into single user mode but it wont let me do anything. I cant run the 'chsh' command and it wont let me edit anything either. I cant even progress into the lower levels of the file system e.g. I can cd to /usr but not /usr/bin even though that directory exists. Anyone got any ideas?
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Old 11-23-2003
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Originally posted by SRP
I have booted into single user mode but it wont let me do anything. I cant run the 'chsh' command and it wont let me edit anything either. I cant even progress into the lower levels of the file system e.g. I can cd to /usr but not /usr/bin even though that directory exists. Anyone got any ideas?
After booting into single mode did you run a `mount -a` to mount all filesystems?
 
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