pkg_delete bash, logged out by accident, can't ssh back in (not good)

firmdog at gmail.com firmdog at gmail.com
Fri Sep 26 21:14:23 UTC 2014


Oh boy. I have only 2 accounts on this box. Root and one other
account. Both use bash as default.

I am completely locked out of this box on the command line?





On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 5:01 PM,  <kpneal at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 04:51:32PM -0400, firmdog at gmail.com wrote:
>> I did a pkg_delete of bash and was going to make install a new one
>> from the port, due to shellshock. I logged out by accident, and when
>> try to login via ssh, it won't take my password. I assume I can't
>> login because the default shell is bash, which has been removed right?
>
> Sounds like it.
>
>> Any ideas on how I can get into my remote freebsd box via ssh?
>
> Use a different remote account with a different shell.
>
>> Workarounds?
>
> None.
> --
> Kevin P. Neal                                http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/
>
>  "Good grief, I've just noticed I've typed in a rant. Sorry chaps!"
>                             Keir Finlow Bates, circa 1998


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