Hi, > and you think someone will "jump for your command" and help you, when > you've less then 24 hours to get this thing done?
No, but I thought I should try. You have to understand that most of us aren't linux professionals and we have no idea about how complex is to run our shell in 'single mode'. We are 12 people working on this project. So our shell do include lots of components. > my first advice is: ask for a delay in delivering the project. you're > bound not to make it on time. Probably not possible. But will try. This 'single user mode' support is only one in many requirements we've had. > assuming that your shell is not compatible with bourne shell, you cannot > just replace the normall shell (/bin/sh) - you will be breaking down your > entire system (e.g. the shell scripts, which handle launchingof the > system, will stop working). > > i am not sure how init knows which shell to run as the default shell for > single-user mode. perhaps it uses the shell defined for user 'root' - try > changing that iwth the 'chsh' command. do note that you'd better make sure > your shell actually works, and that you have a currently open root-shell, > before doing this. then try to login as root, see if this works. if not - > you'll be able to use the still open root shell to change root to using > the previous shell again (you did check which shell this is before making > the switch - didn't you?). We will try this. > otherwise, you'll have to read the source code of 'init', in order to find > which shell it uses for single-user mode. if this is a hrd-coded value, > you're out of luck (unless you install a modified 'init' binary on your > system....) > > > 2. We have to package our project using RPM. Does anyone have any > > simple sample for spec file that we can use? > > did you try searching for one on the internet? if not, now is the time... I have created a spec file, and have tried to use 'rpm' to build it. Only an hour ago, someone told me about 'rpmbuild', which should do the job (not 'rpm'). Thanks a lot for your help. Gili -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
