On Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 04:09:02PM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, smb@execpc.com wrote: > > 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. > > I think you can get su to work, but you may have to tell it what program > to run instead of the login shell. su --shell=/bin/bash Nils -- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* | Quotes from the net: L> Linus Torvalds, W> Winfried Truemper | | L>this is the special easter release of linux, more mundanely called 1.3.84 | | W>Umh, oh. What do you mean by "special easter release"?. Will it quit | * W>working today and rise on easter? *
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