[ale] no root shell

[Danny Cox]

All,

On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 14:54, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> You will need to reboot the box with an alternate boot device, i.e. toms
> root boot disk is good. Once in, edit the passwd file to point to a real
> shell.
> 
> On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 13:27, Mazukna, Thomas wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have an issue on my hands.
> > the shell specified in passwd for root does not exist.
> > how to get into "root" ? 

	I think there's a faster way.  At the LILO prompt, type

		linux init=/bin/bash

	once in, you may have to mount /usr to access your fav editor, edit
/etc/passwd, save it, type sync, and reboot.

	Note: when you do this, not much is running, so don't forget the sync! 
And unless you also umount /usr, it'll run an fsck on both it and root
after the reboot.

-- 
kernel, n.: A part of an operating system that preserves the
medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.

Danny


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