Subject: Re: Help: Injudicious use of "rm -r"
To: None <71410.25@compuserve.com>
From: Ken Nakata <kenn@remus.rutgers.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/30/1997 11:49:23
On Sun, 30 Nov 1997 10:44:54 -0500,
"T. Sean \(Theo\) Schulze" <71410.25@compuserve.com> wrote:
> I don't thik that I made clear that I can still move around the system 
> some as myself.  That limits what I can do though since I can't su or 
> logout and login as root.  Fortunately, I use bash as my shell, but root 
> uses csh.  bash is in /usr/local/bin so I still have it.  I can't change 
> any of root's login files, because I don't have permission.

Is /usr/local (or /usr) a separate partition from /?  If not, you
should be able to fix things by booting into single-user mode,
answering to init's question about shell with "/usr/local/bin/bash",
and editing /etc/passwd, etc, shouldn't you?

Ken