Unable to login as root after source command executed

Neo_1983 · 11-17-2009, 01:42 AM

Hi,i logined as root in bash using su...After adding some Paths to ~/.bashrc and executing command: source ~/.bashrc ,i am unable to login as root nor with su nor with login or initial boot screen,only as user...

I have Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4

Thanks

bathory · 11-17-2009, 05:37 AM

Hi, and welcome to LQ

You can use a Live-CD to boot, mount your root partition and edit or delete root's .bashrc

Regards

DrLove73 · 11-17-2009, 02:43 PM

And next time you can try adding some user to root group so you can recover without Live CD (Or regular DVD in "linux rescue" mode).

rweaver · 11-17-2009, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neo_1983

Hi,i logined as root in bash using su...After adding some Paths to ~/.bashrc and executing command: source ~/.bashrc ,i am unable to login as root nor with su nor with login or initial boot screen,only as user...

I have Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4

Thanks

You could try su'ing to a different shell

Code:

su -c /bin/tcsh -

(or whatever shell you have available other than sh or bash) or alternately boot from a livecd and fix the files/passwords whatever the problem is yourself.

What is happening when you attempt to login or su to root?