[H-GEN] getty and login and things

[Allen Grace]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Allen Grace <s336357 at student.uq.edu.au>)

Martin Pool wrote:

> Allen Grace wrote:
> 
> > I could probably figure this out without having to come asking for help
> > if I spent some more time with it, but it's starting to get up my nose.
> 
>  $ man 8 nasaltweezers

Massively useful ta very much

 
> > Three cases:
> > 1. boot to single user, run login: everything is fine.
> > 2. boot to runlevels 3 or 5 directly (i.e. standard boot): login accepts
> > username, asks for password, and never returns *if I enter the correct
> > password*.
> 
> Have you changed the
> PAM settings? 

Didn't think so (in fact didn't previously know exactly where they were
to be found) but after reinstalling the problem went away. What a
letdown. Cheers anyway.

> > 3. boot to single user, telinit 3: the following happens
> >
> >         sporty login: allen
> >                         sh: allen: command not found
> >         bash#
> >
> > Do I understand from this that getty has passed the username directly to
> > /bin/sh without trying to run login?
> 
> Not exactly.  I think perhaps the sh that was running on the console in
> single-user mode is still-running in level 3.  It happens to have read
> the input rather than login.  A better way to switch levels is
> 
>    bash# exec telinit 3
>    [time passes]
>    scary login:

Topic for next slashdot survey: Who's your favourite Spice Girl?

allen

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PD: pardon of my horror syntax english. you must be patient with me.

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