Just checked:
"su --version" returns
su (GNU sh-utils) 2.0
This is from sh-utils-2.0-5.i386.rpm on RedHat 6.2, the oldest system I have
access to. Your sh-utils must be very old to not support this.
Haim.
>
>
> well, you don't have that option in any version of su.
> for example, i'm using here slackware-current with shadow-19990607 - no
> such option..
>
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Haim Gelfenbeyn wrote:
>
> > Oops... For some reason I sent my reply to Maxim only, and not
> to the list.
> > There's no need to reboot to fix such a trivial problem.
> >
> > su has "--shell=SHELL" option, at least on my Linux box.
> >
> > run su --shell=/bin/sh
> > and then edit the password file as you wish.
> >
> > Haim.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Maxim Kryachko
> > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 6:18 PM
> > To: Linux-Il (E-mail)
> > Subject: root shell changed.
> >
> >
> > 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?
> > **************************************************
> > Maxim Kryachko
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> > http://www.e-mobile.com
> > **************************************************
> > <<Maxim Kryachko.vcf>>
> >
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