Re: Summary: How to fix root entry of passwd file?

From: Doug Acker (dla@se05.wg2.waii.com)
Date: Wed Apr 13 1994 - 20:41:16 CDT


>>>>> "Ning" == Ning Qian <qian@peduncle.ai.mit.edu> writes:
In article <2ohov1INN330@life.ai.mit.edu> qian@peduncle.ai.mit.edu (Ning Qian) writes:

    Ning> Hi, I posted the following message a couple of days ago:

    Ning> : I have a SPARC 10 that runs Solaris 2.3. Yesterday : I
    Ning> was trying to change the root login shell to "tcsh" by :
    Ning> modifying the passwd file but I had a typo in the pathname :
    Ning> to tcsh. Now I can't log in as root anymore; the machine :
    Ning> complains "No Shell" and then logs me out. I can log into :
    Ning> the machine as a non-superuser but then I don't have the :
    Ning> permission to change the passwd file. Is there a way to :
    Ning> fix the problem without erasing the hard disk?

    Ning> It might be simpler to boot to single user mode with the
    Ning> command "boot cdrom -s" as suggested by several people but I
    Ning> didn't get a chance to use it.

That won't work .. under Solaris 2.3, single user mode asks for the password.

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