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

[Vikash Badal]

On 27/09/2014 00:20, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> 
> On Fri, September 26, 2014 4:14 pm, firmdog at gmail.com wrote:
>> 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?
>>
> 
> One thing I would try is
> 
> ssh user at box.org exec /bin/sh
> 

ssh -t user at box.org /bin/sh works for me


> replace with your username and machine name. I am on the road with little
> ability to test it, so my apology about my stupidity (as it likely will
> try to invoke default shell first to then execute what exec requests...)
> 
> Valeri
> 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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