Thats why like someone said here you have to boot to a lilo prompt
and pess a init=/bin/sh parameter to lilo.
then you have to mount -n -o remount,rw / ,
mount /usr for vi and edit /etc/passwd.
don't forget to umount /usr and
mount -n -o remount,ro /
befor you poweroff.
Adi Stav <[EMAIL PROTECTE
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 05:35:11PM +0200, Sagi Bashari wrote:
> boot in single user mode (ie. linux 1), edit your /etc/passwd file, and
> change it.
But you can't login without a valid shell, not even in single user
mode...
=
To uns
Title: root shell changed.
Hi,
To solve the problem:
1. Boot from CD
2. Mount /
3. Fix /etc/passwd
4. Reboot and be happy!
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On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 05:18:12PM +0200, Maxim Kryachko wrote:
> 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?
Check ou
boot in single user mode (ie. linux 1), edit your /etc/passwd file, and
change it.
Sagi
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Maxim Kryachko wrote:
> 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 m
