From: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Re: problem with zsh
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:41:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2b09b963305a9aac93cf274a205fadc55f9d8f9f.camel@ntlworld.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <937629571.1954055.1600188659284@mail2.virginmedia.com>
On Tue, 2020-09-15 at 17:50 +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> > On 15 September 2020 at 17:39 Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
> > You're going to need to log in with a different user name, or boot in
> > single user mode. Alternatively, if you have access to the filesystem
> > from elsewhere via a shared drive, you may be able to edit the
> > /etc/passwd file to fix the shell assignment.
>
> There may be other ways using GUI clients, since the implication is
> it's still possible to start utilities, and it looks like you're changing
> settings from the command line.
Another way: whatever desktop you're using probably has a way of running
commands directly.
For example, if it's the KDE Plasma desktop, typing Alt-Space should get
you a command line window. Then type:
konsole -e /bin/zsh
There will no doubt be equivalents for other desktops.
pws
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-15 19:42 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <239397647.7807903.1600168107330.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2020-09-15 11:08 ` Fahim Azad
2020-09-15 16:39 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-09-15 16:50 ` Peter Stephenson
2020-09-15 19:41 ` Peter Stephenson [this message]
1995-09-15 18:53 BERK GEVECI
1995-09-15 19:10 ` Richard Coleman
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