root has no shell how do i get out of this

evzen · 05-10-2006, 07:24 PM

this what iv tried from user mode
bash-3.00$ su root chsh root /bin/bash
Password:
No shell
bash-3.00$ su root chsh root default
Password:
No shell
bash-3.00$
this what happening
bash-3.00$ su
Password:
Cannot execute evzenptacek: No such file or directory
bash-3.00$
how do i get out of this?anybody knows?
P.S. its a Slackware 10.2

cs-cam · 05-10-2006, 08:01 PM

Do you have sudo configured? If so use that to gain root permissions and then edit /etc/passwd to give root a shell. If you can't use sudo, then you'll have to boot from a live CD and mount your root partition somewhere and do that same thing in /etc/passwd.

Matir · 05-10-2006, 09:06 PM

Try:
'su -l -s /bin/bash'