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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu!grail From: Giao Nguyen <grail@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: loss of root password Date: 6 Dec 1996 06:55:33 GMT Organization: ACM Student Machine Lines: 17 Message-ID: <588g15$lm0@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <32A7AF66.49FF@li.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu NNTP-Posting-User: grail X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 961025] In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Jeff Auerbach <jauerbac@li.net> wrote: : I changed my root shell to /bin/ksh not thinking at the time that the : ksh was actually in /usr/local/bin. Basically I cannot log in as root : or su anymore because of the lack of shell. How can I fix this without : rebuilding the system. I want my rootly powers back. Boot into single user mode by using the -s flag at the boot prompt. Once you're at the shell: mount -a -t ufs chsh or vipw depending on your preferences -- Giao Nguyen Computer Science Student Will program for food