Re: asking passwd during the login of single user mode
From: Lew Pitcher (Lew_Pitcher@td.com)Date: 01/23/02
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From: Lew_Pitcher@td.com (Lew Pitcher) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:30:13 GMT
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:30:19 GMT, thegreatkarthik@yahoo.co.in
(karthikeyan) wrote:
>sir,
> I am using redhat 6.2.I want to set the passwd for single user mode.
>i am not saying about the lilo.conf (something like restricted
>password="something").But I want to provide more security.(ie)when the
>user entering in single user mode should be prompted for some password
>??how can i do that ?? asking password for user before getting the
>single user mode shell .help me .thk in adv...
Funny, that's exactly how my Slackware boxen work; you have to give a
password even in single-user runstate.
FWIW, the Slackware /etc/inittab looks like ...
si:S:sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.S
su:1S:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.K
c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
Lew Pitcher, Information Technology Consultant, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
(Lew_Pitcher@td.com)
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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