-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Ryan Stewart wrote: | I somehow changed the shell directory in /etc/passwd file for root | and = now I cannot get in as root. | | root:x:0:0:root:/root:q | | I have no other user with administrative permissions to change | anything. = Does anyone know how to login to root on the z890 with | this situation? = I have seen some things on single user mode, but I | don't know how to do = that with Linux running under zVM. This is | just a practice image so = it's not a big deal, but I would like to | know how to fix it for the = future. |
su -c /bin/bash --login sudo /bin/bash Hope this helps, - -- ~ Grega Bremec ~ gregab at p0f dot net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD8Oz4fu4IwuB3+XoRA1N1AJ9WWDlDrmTuJ146xgEWHU4JQmr3egCfTBYO MNnXlNfu0Ce9sIDi89oaSqg= =/fIz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
