A Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:34:19 -0500 (EST) wamb4060 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> �crivait:
> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3623 > > Product: kernel > Component: booting > Summary: kernel automatically root with failsafe > Version: 2.4.21-0.13mdk > Platform: PC > OS/Version: All > Status: UNCONFIRMED > Severity: major > Priority: P2 > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I've just installed mandrake...I'm not such an expert, so I'll try... > (first: I have 2 boot images: initrd.img and initrd....mdk.img: is this normal?) > But the real issue: > When I start up with lilo, I can also choose failsafe. When I choose this > evrything boots and(like with previous version) I would expect that a password > is prompted. Nothing happens! I'm looged in as root(checked: whoami -> root) and > normally root has as shell bash, but now it's sh....What's happening????? > For the moment I've removed failsafe, but I suppose there are workarounds... > This is not really good for the securit: > it goes: tell init to go to single user mode... > and I'm immediately root... > > I've changed nothing of init(don't now anything about those files...) or any of > the boot files theirself... Simple solution (dirty); rm -rf /etc/rc1.d ln -s /etc/rc2.d /etc/rc1.d I think msec can protect the station against this "false" problem when choosing the security level in the Mandrake Control Center -- Site Web d'Interlug: http://www.interlug-fr.org Site perso: http://gcutter.free.fr ICQ:171684947
