Broken shell - I can't login at all
epilogue
epilogue at allstream.net
Tue Feb 15 14:57:09 GMT 2005
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:57:28 -0800
Jeff BSD <jeff.bsd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi-
> I'm in the process of upgrading a 4.6 system to 5.3. When I boot the
> machine it gets to:
>
> ----
> init: bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to single user
> mode
> Enter root password, or ^D to go multi-user
> Password:
> ----
>
> I enter the password, then:
>
> ----
> Enter full pathname of shell of RETURN for /bin/sh:
> pid # (sh), uid 0: exited on signal 12
> init: bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to single user
> mode
> Enter root password, or ^D to go multi-user
> Password:
> ----
>
> Round and round I go.
>
> Sounds like I broke /bin/sh to me. I've messed around in safe mode
> but I can't see how I can use it to possibly fix my problem, assuming
> I did do anything to /bin/sh (which I don't think I did -
> intentionally/directly that is).
>
> How do I fix it so I can boot it? A bit of the chicken and the egg,
> what?
hello jeff,
please see if it will accept /rescue/sh (the statically compiled rescue
binary)
gl,
epi
> Jeff
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