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I made a mistake of change the root shell to /bin/false, but when I want to change it back, I always got error
sudo chsh -s /bin/bash root
[sudo] password: <input current user password>
password: <input root password>
chsh: PAM: Authentication failure
guilin 桂林
Posted 2014-06-24T09:18:31.740
Reputation: 311
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You can modify the file /etc/passwd if chsh doesn't work, by replacing the line
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/false
with
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
xuhdev
Posted 2014-06-24T09:18:31.740
Reputation: 1 399
for editing /etc/passwd (which should indeed work) one must be root (or use sudo...). A livecd may work if the /-filesystem can be mounted. – trurl – 2014-06-24T09:32:09.040
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Try:
sudo vigr
In the editor, change root's shell back to /bin/bash (It should be the last field on the first line)
AlexKing
Posted 2014-06-24T09:18:31.740
Reputation: 66
...the easiest thing to do would be to boot off a livecd. Or try single user mode. – Bob – 2014-06-24T09:21:47.720