-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Eric Chevalier wrote: | Grega Bremec wrote: | |> su -c /bin/bash --login | | I'm not sure this command is going to work. I think the "--login: | option is going to force the system to try and load the shell defined | in the passwd file *before* executing the command specified by "-c". | su will fail because the passwd file entry for root is munged. It | might be worth trying just "su" without any options; that might | promote the ID to superuser without trying to load a new shell. If | that works, Ryan should be able to edit and fix the passwd file. |
Indeed, my bad. I forgot the quotes around su command, which passes the - --login switch to "su" instead of "bash". I guess I just got into the habit of using sudo a bit too much. :) Thanks for the reminder. So, standing corrected, the proper command should read: ~ $ su -c "/bin/bash --login" The difference is obvious: ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/export/music> su -c "/bin/bash --login" ~ Password: ~ aspirinix:/export/music # vs. ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/export/music> su -c /bin/bash --login ~ Password: ~ aspirinix:~ # (i.e. in the second case, "su" actually does the login bit, which makes it honour the login shell specified in /etc/passwd) I apologize for the mess-up, It's been a long day. :) Cheers, - -- ~ Grega Bremec ~ gregab at p0f dot net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD8PN/fu4IwuB3+XoRA69EAJwPVH4eaUqFRSLp1ovshRRtjXmV3wCfWLNp th2JoZYuRB62HpQKRB4qUac= =GCBd -----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
