well, you don't have that option in any version of su.
for example, i'm using here slackware-current with shadow-19990607 - no
such option..
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Haim Gelfenbeyn wrote:
> Oops... For some reason I sent my reply to Maxim only, and not to the list.
> There's no need to reboot to fix such a trivial problem.
>
> su has "--shell=SHELL" option, at least on my Linux box.
>
> run su --shell=/bin/sh
> and then edit the password file as you wish.
>
> Haim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 6:18 PM
> To: Linux-Il (E-mail)
> Subject: root shell changed.
>
>
> Hi list.
> Some guy here changed by mistake the shell of root user to something
> nonexistent.
> Now every time he tries to su to root, he is trown out with the massage "no
> shell"
> Is there a way to correct the problem?
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