>I was changing the shell for root today and I accidently typed in the
>wrong path to the shell.  So, now I can't log in as root.  I have tried to
>go into single user mode, but the delay on lilo is set to 0, and I can't
>catch it before it boots.  Can anyone tell me how I can get in to change
>the shell back to a valid one???

Use the recovery mode boot from the installation disks.  You can then mount
the file system and edit the password file.

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