Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:07:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: davidg@root.com Cc: durang@u.washington.edu, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/nologin file invunerability Message-ID: <199607151707.KAA10652@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <199607150612.XAA02199@root.com> from David Greenman at "Jul 14, 96 11:12:31 pm"
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According to David Greenman: > >> > I tried booting with -s option, and found that I have few commands at my > >> > disposal (i.e., no man pages) and I am also denied access to the file > >> > /etc/nologin. "su" is also not available when I single-user boot. I can > >> > delete the file when logged in as root, but then it reinstates itself when > >> > I reboot. > >> > >> Oh, you have to key in "mount /" then "mount -a" to get your commands > >> back and get / back to read/write. > >> > >> > This is only one of many problems I have had, including no login prompt on > >> > boot, my atapi CD-ROM isn't recognized, my lpd daemon has to be > >> > re-activated manually with ever print..... it think all the problems are > >> > the result of using an atapi CD-ROM boot floppy from the 2.1.0 release to > >> > install from the Walnut Creek 2.0.5 CD. The install was not very clean. > > > >so i booted with "-s" and did the "mount /" and "mount -a". Then I > >removed the file /etc/nologin. When i rebooted, it had reappeared. It is > >just like before. I delete it, and next time it is there again. > > Sounds like someone is playing a trick on you. /etc/nologin is normally > created by the shutdown command and is normally removed in the system startup > script /etc/rc. > Here's an idea: Ken, when you've booted with ``-s'' and remounted things, *don't* remove /etc/nologin. Rather cp it somewhere so that you've got a copy available. Then vi /etc/nologin and either deleted every line or put in an echo line to trace where and how this file is getting added back. Strange... but there is an explaination. gary
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