On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 08:28:13PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > I tried to change the root's shell to bash. I used this command: 'chsh > -s /usr/local/bin/bash'. Prior to changing the shell for root I did it > for my user account using the same command without problems. > Unfortunately after a reboot I can't login as root anymore because my > system can't find /usr/local/bin/bash.
I can't explain why your systems says it can't find /usr/local/bin/bash. I would assume you also cannot log in as yourself. You should not change root's shell. I believe this has been discussed many times in the past on lists -- you should use tools like sudo or su2 to change UIDs. Both of those tools will allow you to take on root credentials while using the shell of your user account (bash). > How can I fix this? I tried booting the freesbie cd but this > wouldn't boot :(. Thanks in advance! You'll need to boot your machine and at the FreeBSD boot menu, choose option 4 for single-user mode. You'll eventually be dropped into a simple /bin/sh prompt. You'll need to do "mount -a", then use "vipw" to edit all of the fields in /etc/master.passwd -- specifically, change root's shell back to /bin/csh. Write the file, exit vipw, and reboot the system. You should be up and working after that. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
