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root shell change in /etc/passwd
Name: Ian Date: April 23, 2001 at 06:27:14 Pacific
Comment:
I manually changed the shell for root from sh to csh in the /etc/passwd file and cannot login as root any longer. Give message "cannot find shell". I've tried booting with the CD but as if I was trying to recover a lost password but cant seem to get that to work for me. Any suggestions?
Name: Andy Malato Date: April 28, 2001 at 23:34:15 Pacific
Reply:
Did you make a mistake in the /etc/passwd entry? chances are you didn't place the proper place to the csh shell, usually /bin/csh. I'd try logging in as a regular user and SU to root and examine the passwd file and check for errors.
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Response Number 2
Name: daddy Date: March 9, 2002 at 04:09:47 Pacific
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