Summary: Hi All, I was trying to change the default login shell for root from sh to tcsh on Solaris 8 in the /etc/passwd file. Accidentally, the path inserted ...
Summary: Hi All, I had changed the root default login shell from /sbin/sh to /usr/local/bin/bash in /etc/passwd file but failed to work and I had accidentally ...
Summary: 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". ...
Summary: I know I can set the environment for normal user in .profile (Bounce shell), but why can't I find the same file for supersuer? Of course, if I create ...
Summary: I've also been having some issues with setting of the path. Wierd thing, I use to use the default shell for root, and recently changed it to bash. I...
Summary: I have a solaris 8 box. I don't know why my su's environment is somewhat similar with my regular unix account's environment. For example, $HOME for su...
Summary: How do I set the path for root? I did a PATH=/....... in my /etc/profile file, and it works just fine for the normal users on my system. When I try t...
Summary: The path is usually set in the applicable *profile file like /etc/profile or /etc/cshrc you can modify your path in bash like this PATH=$PATH:/new/dir...
Summary: I'm tring to change the default login settings on each lab computer so that each machine will remotely login to the server. The default setting right...
Summary: i login system with root,in CDE terminal i can't su,so I reboot system.but i can't logon.CDE option is not in login dialog,it is regular desktop dialo...
Summary: Here's my dilema: I've been trying to add a unipack(18GB)hdd to my Sparc5 workstation. I formatted and partitioned the drive to use all avail space u...
Summary: First of all, you will need the Solaris Media (CD) and a CD-ROM drive attached to the machine. If you do not know what version of solaris you are runn...
Summary: WARNING!! It is not a good idea to mess around with the shell type for 'root'. All you have to do is mistype in your /etc/passwd file to a shell that ...
Summary: Pounding out the console entry isn't a really good way to lock out somebody that knows the root password. Technically, all they have to do is ftp int...
Summary: when i login as root ,i mistakenly change the login shell value that is specified in /etc/passwd file. obiviously i can't login as root, i can't chan...
Summary: If you're trying to stop a specific user from logging in, I believe you can specify that in the /etc/default/login the same as root. If you are using...
Summary: Hi, What I understand is now you can not login using root because another guy changed the root password. I recommend you to boot your system using CD-...
Summary: Hi there, commenting out “CONSOLE=/dev/console” in /etc/default/login file will allow remote login by root, but will compromise the security. By defa...
Summary: when I try to change root password as root using "passwd root" command, the system asks me for root password, when I type the existing password I used...
Summary: Dear Fellows, I have successfully installed Solaris 8 on my AMD Athelon 600 Mhz machine, during the installation i have been asked for HOSTNAME and in...
Summary: One way to solve this problem is: give the user a restricted shell (for example /usr/lib/rsh; this is not the same as the remote shell /usr/bin/rsh). ...
Summary: You try to rlogin as root ... if you want that??.. switch off console=/dev/console in /etc/default/login. Btw This not secure... try to think of using...
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