Re: root can't login

To: Bradley Bell <bradleyb@u.washington.edu>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: root can't login
From: Jiri Baum <jiri@baum.com.au>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 19:57:37 +1000
Message-id: <[🔎] 19990411195737.G830@baum.com.au>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.GUL.4.10.9904101827200.24307-100000@green1.u.washington.edu>; from Bradley Bell on Sat, Apr 10, 1999 at 06:41:44PM -0700
References: <[🔎] Pine.GUL.4.10.9904101827200.24307-100000@green1.u.washington.edu>

Hello,

Bradley Bell:
> I'm running potato, and just upgraded libc6.  As can happen with unstable,
> it broke stuff.  bash for one.  since root has bash set as its shell, I
> can't log in as root.  I can log in as a normal user, which has tcsh for
> its login shell.
> SO, does anybody know any way I can get root on this box?  I can't reboot
> it with a rescue floppy, because the machine isn't here, it's at my work.

setenv SUSHELL /usr/bin/tcsh
/sbin/sulogin


HTH

Jiri <jiri@baum.com.au>

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