[SOLVED] about /etc/passwd

[ionguang]

the last filed of /etc/passwd file is the login_shell;
how if I replace it to /usr/bin/date
what would it happen.
by the way
I try to use $ su
but do't know the password.
what s the default root passworf for ubuntu

[Kloschüssel]

use this to set the root password:

sudo passwd root

[elija]

In Ubuntu use

sudo command

and give your password

[jayd512]

what s the default root password for ubuntu

Typically, the default root password would be the same as the password for the first account that you setup on the machine.

[ionguang]

yea
I have tried that. type my first account password, and blank password.
didn't work.
and I tried to change my login shell by chsh and attempt to change to /usr/bin/date
it didn't allow.

thx for replaying.

Could anyone just tell me what would happend when the last filed of /etc/passwd
is /usr/bin/date

[jayd512]

Typically, I would advise against editing /etc/passwd by hand.
What is it that you're trying to accomplish?

[ionguang]

yea i have tried that .
It didn't allow me to do that, if i change anything .i will unable to save it.
what would happend when the last filed of /etc/passwd
is /usr/bin/date
this is what i want.
thx

[REVEREND_FLIBBLE]

sudo su

will get you into root
from there you can use passwd to set a password so you can just use

su

from then on

[ionguang]

thx
sudo su
works.
but when I change the last filed of /etc/passwd
seems nothing change. is that right?
I guess should be somewhere difference.

[ionguang]

damn.
I use sudo su
and chsh
then i change to /usr/bin/date
and exit the terminal
then i open the terminal again
and try chsh ,did't allow
and sudo su
it appears
Cannot execute /usr/bin/date: No such file or directory