The administrator has set your shell to an illegal value

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The administrator has set your shell to an illegal value

This morning when I tried to open up the terminal, I got the following error:

You are not authorized to run this application.
The administrator has set your shell to an illegal value

I am the administrator of this machine, and I'm not sure how this happened. Anyone have any ideas how I can get my terminal back to normal?

Posted on Feb 24, 2009 8:37 AM

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biovizier

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Feb 24, 2009 10:29 AM in response to Xipher

Since you are unable to use "Terminal.app" at the moment, try launching "System Preferences" > "Accounts", authenticating to "unlock" the settings and control-click your account to select "Advanced Options". The "Login Shell" entry should list your current shell, and allow you to select from a list of acceptable shells.

If everything looks ok there, check your "/private/etc/shells" file to make sure your shell is listed.

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