> You know, I found that Debian still asks you for the root password even
> when typing 'linux single'. It's traced down to this line in
> /etc/inittab:
>
> # What to do in single-user mode.
> ~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin
If it does (and a decent distribution really should), you can do something
lik
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
> Here's an interesting question. One of the things I loved about
> "real hardware", i.e. Sun, DEC, HP, etc. was that all their systems
> were really designed with their own proprietary OS in mind.
Funny, that's what I always hated about those kinds of
In a message dated: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:38:45 EST
Benjamin Scott said:
> *That* can be thwarted by BIOS passwords that restrict booting from
>external media. In that event, you remove the HDD and install it as a
>secondary disk in a working system. ;-)
Here's an interesting question. One of
In a message dated: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:18:19 PST
"Karl J. Runge" said:
>If it is clear tonight at about 5:00 AM EST the Leonids meteor shower
>should put on quite a show, maybe upwards of 1000 meteors per hour
>(i.e. one every few seconds). It might not be this good again until 2099!
>
>My daug
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Mansur, Warren wrote:
> You know, I found that Debian still asks you for the root password even
> when typing 'linux single'. It's traced down to this line in
> /etc/inittab:
>
> # What to do in single-user mode.
> ~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin
In that event, use 'linux init=/bi
You know, I found that Debian still asks you for the root password even
when typing 'linux single'. It's traced down to this line in
/etc/inittab:
# What to do in single-user mode.
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin
Redhat doesn't appear to have the sulogin for single user mode, so if
you're using Redhat
