Re: problem with zsh

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2020-09-15 at 17:50 +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> > On 15 September 2020 at 17:39 Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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