on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:28:13PM -0500, John Anderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I switched root's shell to /bin/ksh instead of /usr/bin/ksh and now I
> cannot switch into root user. I have tried telling su to use bash, but it
> keeps on saying "no shell" or the like.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. -:)
Um. How about "don't do that!"? ;-)
I just played with a few obvious trix, there's some hope you can restore
without rebooting. I'd tried:
- Use specified shell rather than /etc/passwd. This doesn't work:
$ su -s /bin/bash
- ssh into the system and use another shell. This doesn't work:
$ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
$ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] /bin/bash
- sudo. If you'd previously configured it, this is an option. If you
haven't, it's too late to do it now.
$ sudo /bin/bash
- sashroot. If you've got this account configured:
$ su - sashroot
...should give you a stand-alone shell. Password is same as root by
default.
If all of these fail, boot your system:
- on a boot floppy (Debian rescue, Tom's Root/Boot
- specifying a login shell rather than init
...and edit /etc/passwd putting in a legitimate shell.
TEST THE SHELL YOU'VE SPECIFIED IN /ETC/PASSWD BEFORE YOU QUIT THE
ROOT SESSION YOU'D USED TO MODIFY IT. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, FIX IT
***NOW***.
Cheers.
--
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