Thanks to everyone for the information on fixing my problem. I added the mini disk to another image and mounted it to that file system and then changed the /etc/passwd file. I then changed everything back and it worked great.
I was not able to get to it last week, but I just wanted to say thanks again Ryan Stewart IRCC -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Pinion Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 3:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Hosed root shell setting in /etc/passwd Is there such a thing as Stand Alone Edit for Linux? >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/13/2006 3:42:08 PM >>> If you have any other Linux guests you could link to the hosed pack in VM and then mount it on the other image and repair /etc/passwd. Only other thought is to try punching the initrd, kernel image, and parm file again and once in the installer see if there's a shell or rescue option available. ks On 2/13/06, Ryan Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I somehow changed the shell directory in /etc/passwd file for root and > = now I cannot get in as root. > > root:x:0:0:root:/root:q > > I have no other user with administrative permissions to change > anything. = Does anyone know how to login to root on the z890 with > this situation? = I have seen some things on single user mode, but I > don't know how to do = that with Linux running under zVM. This is > just a practice image so = it's not a big deal, but I would like to > know how to fix it for the = future. > > Thanks in advance. > > Ryan Stewart > IRCC > > Soory about the duplicate. forgot a subject > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
