Re: Hilfe: no root shell

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From: Marc SCHAEFER
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 00:00

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Roger Kalt <roger.kalt@gmx.net> wrote:
> eine andere m�glichkeit w�re das ganze neu zu installieren, aber das
> geht sehr lange, g���hn (solaris 8 auf sun4m)

hum, so if you use Solaris, why post in ch.comp.os.linux ?

One possible answer to your question anyway: reboot with the CD-ROM
installation (boot cdrom at the ok> prompt), and break out to a shell
(at least Solaris 2.4 installation would launch OpenWindows). Mount
the root fs, edit /etc/passwd.

Next time you change the root password, the root shell, or anything
to do with the root account, do a relogin (e.g. telnet localhost
or something) to check that you can still login.

Rebooting a production server for reasons like this is not
nice.

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