mike wrote:
mike wrote:
Nasir Hossain wrote:
hi all,
I have a couple of query's which (till now) I have failed to
answer/solve.
1) How do I log in directly as root ? Is there some place where I can
give the password for root so I dont have to login every time I
start my
system. I know knoppix does it... but I dunno how. Please tell me
how to
do this using /etc/pam.d
I dont know of a reasonably secure way of doing that, perhaps
someone else may be able to help.
2) I am also working on a live cd and I want the kernel messeges
removed
at startup (the ones which dmesg eventually gets). Is it possible ?
I use Mandrake and it comes with a bootsplash package that in your
boot loader you can pass a bootspash=silent in which it just shows
the image on booting.Take a look at this site. www.bootsplash.org
Note: to use bootsplash you need to use framebuffer.
Mike
thanks
nasir
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I took care of the password thing. Since security is really not an issue
here, editing the /etc/passwd (if shadow passwords are not enabled) and
/etc/shadow (if they are), and deleteing the encrypted portion removes
the password for root. Logging in automatically is quite simple after
that , changing in /etc/inittab :-
1:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/openvt -f -c 1 -w -- /bin/login -f root
that logs. in root in tty1.
As for the silent boot, thanks for the link mike. I'll check it out.
thanks
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