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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!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: HELP!!!...trashed root!! X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 20 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DKnzv1.37J@ritz.mordor.com> References: <DKn0xF.3KD@news2.new-york.net> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 16:16:13 GMT 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? Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451