ok, that let me in, but when I rebooted the changes were not saved to the
drive. is there a command I have run after I change the /etc/passwd file?
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Matt Housh wrote:
>
>
> Hold down shift when you boot. That will get you a lilo prompt.
> Type 'image init=/bin/sh'. Assuming that is where sh resides, which is
> almost always the case, you will get a shell without login. Edit the
> /etc/passwd file manually to fix your shell. HTH
>
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> Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> MicroComputer Specialist University of Tulsa
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> "Pardon me, stewardess. I speak Jive."
>
> On Thu, 30 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > I was changing the shell for root today and I accidently typed in the
> > wrong path to the shell. So, now I can't log in as root. I have tried to
> > go into single user mode, but the delay on lilo is set to 0, and I can't
> > catch it before it boots. Can anyone tell me how I can get in to change
> > the shell back to a valid one???
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Bryan Opfer
> >
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