On Jan 30, Oliver Graemer wrote
> Hi all,
> 
> I tyed to change the login shell for root to bash. I got displayed :
> 
> chsh: /etc/master.passwd: entry inconsistent
> chsh: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged
> 
> What's the reason?
> 

Is bash in /etc/shells ?
Did you look at the /etc/master.passwd file to see if there's a mangled entry ?

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