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Locked out of Root after attemting to change shells



To whom it may concern:

  I recently installed Debian Linux 1.3 on my computer, and while I 
was trying to change my login shell for root the other day with chsh, 
I accidently typed in an incorrect path to the shell I wanted.  Being 
root, I was not restricted in the path choice that I made, so now 
every time I log on as root, I get an error message that says 
'shell not found' and I am promptly logged off the system.  Is there 
any way to correct this problem short of reinstalling everything 
again?  I would greatly appreciate any help you could provide.

Sincerely,

Steve Beitzel
smb@execpc.com


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