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|    Bit Twister to Bit Twister    |
|    Re: root unable to get shell    |
|    13 Jul 04 17:58:56    |
      XPost: comp.unix.questions       From: BitTwister@localhost.localdomain              On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:54:47 GMT, Bit Twister wrote:       > On 13 Jul 2004 10:34:25 -0700, Denis wrote:       >> UNIX Gurus,       >>       >> I made a mistake and edited the /etc/passwd file to chnage the root       >> user's shell.       >> Instead of using /bin/bash, I changed it to /sbin/bash... What I       >> really did was change /sh to /bash and didn't realize that I needed to       >> change the dir as well.       >>       >> When I login or do an su I get a message from the shell stating "No       >> shell".       >       > well do something like              Opps forgot              /bin/bash       > . /etc/profile       > to set your PATH then unscramble your eggs.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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