Re: ROOT created chaos !

1999-02-28 Thread Jiri Baum
Bal K. Paudyal: > 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

Re: ROOT created chaos !

1999-02-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
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". : > :

Re: ROOT created chaos !

1999-02-23 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
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

Re: ROOT created chaos !

1999-02-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Bal K. Paudyal wrote: : Hello Friends, : : 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

Re: ROOT created chaos !

1999-02-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Matt Campbell wrote: : My best guess is, boot off the debian rescue floppy, but don't do a : "rescue", pretend like you're going to install the system again. [ snip ] Yes, this is the hard way. You can specify the shell when you use the `su' command. -- Nathan Norman Mi

Re: ROOT created chaos !

1999-02-23 Thread Matt Campbell
My best guess is, boot off the debian rescue floppy, but don't do a "rescue", pretend like you're going to install the system again. When you get to the Debian install menu system, press to get a new virtual console. Once in this (very limited) shell, mount your root partition. For example (