[2333] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Is "linux single" a security concern?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sunando Sen)
Sat Nov 2 12:02:22 1996
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 11:57:33 -0500
From: Sunando Sen <sunando@nycc.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com, smurphy@antares.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE
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>=20
> Well, I'm doing it differently. There's a programm, notably found in
> the shadow-packages, that can also be compiled for normal Passwoords,
> called "sulogin". I use them on all my Systems. once installed, put
> the Following lines in your /etc/inittab:
>=20
> # Shell to run in single user mode.
> ~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin
>=20
> and the following into the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
>=20
> echo "*** An error occurred during the file system =
check."
> echo "*** Dropping you to a shell; the system will =
reboot"
> echo "*** when you leave the shell."
>=20
> PS1=3D"(Repair filesystem) #"; export PS1=20
> /sbin/sulogin <- This line =
!!!
>=20
> echo "Automatic reboot in progress."
> reboot
>=20
>=20
> It is a login programm, that asks for root's password as soon as
> invoqued. You folks should compile it statically, since a missing libc
> will not let you got into your system without boot-root disks.
>=20
I found sulogin in the source RPM of the sysvinit program downloaded =
from the=20
kernel 2.0 update areas of ftp.redhat.com. I too made exactly the same =
changes=20
in inittab & rc.sysinit. I wonder why Redhat did not bother to include =
it in=20
their binary RPM, since it seems to be useful. Does it have any =
unintended side=20
effects that I may have overlooked?
Regards,
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