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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!le From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: HELP!!!...trashed root!! X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <DKqqAB.BDv@news2.new-york.net> References: <DKn0xF.3KD@news2.new-york.net> <DKnzv1.37J@ritz.mordor.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 03:42:11 GMT Lines: 22 Chris Mauritz (ritz@ritz.mordor.com) wrote: : Louis Epstein (le@put.com) wrote: : : I absent-mindedly cshsh'ed the database for root on my accounts to a shell : : that wasn't on the machine... : : : : now,I can't either login as root on the machine,su from any wheel account : : on the machine,or add any accounts to the machine because that shell's not : : there...and I can't install it from my other FreeBSD machine on my network : : because I need to be a superuser to do that.I can't ftp the executable from : : either end...or copy an extant shell into the /bin directory under the : : name the database expects to see root use... : : : : Should I go back to the boot-floppy?Try my 2.1 CD?Will it do anything : : helpful other than a scorched-earth reinstall losing all my apps?? : Why don't you just use the fixit disk to login as root, then either : change the passwd entry to a valid shell or ftp the missing shell : and install it? Well,it's back...I booted "kernel -s" as I was emailed advice to,then did some fsck'ing and mounting...