I wanted to make it so that the root user couldn't telnet/ssh in. I
edited /etc/passwd and changed:

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

to:

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/nologin

Then I saved and logged out. Turns out nologin is in /sbin, not /bin.
Now I can't "su" (or otherwise log in) to root. How can I fix this?

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"CSN" <cool_screen_name90001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I wanted to make it so that the root user couldn't telnet/ssh in. I
> edited /etc/passwd and changed:
>
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
>
> to:
>
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/nologin
>
> Then I saved and logged out. Turns out nologin is in /sbin, not /bin.
> Now I can't "su" (or otherwise log in) to root. How can I fix this?




can't you sart up in runlevel 1 and fix it?
Steven

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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 03:23:08 -0700, CSN wrote:

> I wanted to make it so that the root user couldn't telnet/ssh in. I
> edited /etc/passwd and changed:
>
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
>
> to:
>
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/nologin
>
> Then I saved and logged out. Turns out nologin is in /sbin, not /bin.
> Now I can't "su" (or otherwise log in) to root. How can I fix this?

Uh, I'm sure you've figured this out but, that's not the correct way to
prevent root from telnet/ssh.


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