[ILUG] root problem

[Dave Rynne]

) 
) Interesting . . . the default setup does should not have any prompt for a
) root password for single user mode. 

Emmm... actually it does.

) I am interested in seeing your
) /etc/rc.d/init.d/single, /etc/inittab and /etc/rc.d/rc files.  

 From an RH 6.0 box (although this has been default behavior since
5.1 or 5.2 IIRC):

Last lines of /etc/rc.d/init.d/single
# Now go to the single user level.
echo "Telling INIT to go to single user mode."
exec init -t1 S

from the init man page...
      "Runlevel S or s bring the system to single user  mode  and
       do  not  require  an  /etc/initttab  file.  In single user
       mode, /sbin/sulogin is invoked on /dev/console."

And lastly from the sulogin man page...
      "sulogin  is  invoked  by init(8) when the system goes into
       single user mode (this is done through an entry  in  init-
       tab(5)).  Init  also  tries  to execute sulogin when it is
       passed the -b flag from the bootmonitor (eg, LILO).

       The user is prompted

            Give root password for system maintenance
            (or type Control-D for normal startup):"


) In the case
) you describe the alternative would be to use the init=/bin/bash hack or to
) use a boot floppy to mount the filesystem and change the /etc/passwd
) entry.
) 
) Eric
) 


Dave