On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Robert Steward wrote:
> Help! > > I have installed debian 1.3 Linux on my pentium PC however, upon > changing the default root and user shells in the > /etc/passwd to /bin/tcsh I can no longer login as root. The computer logs > in but /bin/tsch is not found and logs straight out > again! I have tried ftp to this computer but it still looks for this file. > Is there anyway to change the boot up/login process so it > does not look at this file but uses a default, or can one use the passwd > file on the rescue disk or custom boot disk( which is > what I use to boot the computer anyway).Or is there any other way to fix > this? > Dont know why you cant login as root now, but it is prolly a good idea to keep bash as the root login shell anyway. I think you can get access to your /etc directory using a rescue disk: -boot up using a rescue disk. I think there will be a menu item to mount a partition. If so, you want to do that. -Now, get to a shell. Last menu item I think. -cd to / Try to figure what the mount point for the partition you mounted is. I think it might be /mnt If so, cd /mnt/etc will put you in the /etc directory of your original system. -use the ae editor to fix whats broke. No other editors will be available. Shutdown and reboot. -if you need to manually mount your original systems root partition, you can (from shell): cd / mkdir fixit mount /dev/hda3 /fixit now, cd /fixit/etc will put you in your original systems etc directory. This example assumes that your linux system is in hda3. Needless to say, there are quite a few menu items on the rescue disk which could destroy any and all information on your hard disk. Mike Taylor -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
