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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Please help me: I can't log in
  • From: stefan.troeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stefan Troeger)
  • Date: 17 Mar 1998 23:56:20 +0100
  • Message-id: <6emv2k$5ld$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



Hi,

On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 21:29 +0000, William G. Madsen wrote:
>
> I can't log in either as user or as root because l tried to change
> shells and ended up choosing shells that the system says don't exist
> when I try to log in. Is there anything I can do?

Start your computer with the SuSE-Bootdisk or -CD, launch the rescue system
and mount your root partition. Now you can edit the etc/passwd file. The
last entry in each line is the shell. Change it to /bin/bash

Ciao
Stefan

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