On 23 Feb 1999, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: : In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, : Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : >On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Bal K. Paudyal wrote: : > : > : As root, I typed the following: : > : : > : "chsh /bin/usr/tcsh" when I meant "chsh /usr/bin/tcsh". : > : : > : I just wanted to change the shell. But now because that shell file does not : > : exist, the system does not allow me to log in as root. I tried to log as su : > : but it does not work! There must be some way to change the things back! : > : >As your non-root user, type : > : > su -s /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/chsh : > : >You will be prompted for the root passwd, and then the chsh command will : >run. : : I changed the root shell to /bin/bash/nope, and tried this: : : % su -s /bin/sh -c /bin/sh : Password: : /bin/su: using restricted shell /bin/bash/nope : /bin/su: cannot run /bin/bash/nope: Not a directory : : .. so that doesn't work.
[ snip ] Bummer. I ran my test with a valid root shell, of course - a rather poor test case. Sorry for the bum lead (and thanks to Mike for a good solution) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
