Both a Red Hat zLinux tech and an IBM zLinux tech told me otherwise. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Dodge Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 12:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Single user mode and root password
In single user mode for SUSE you are logged in as the root user however that is not true with RedHat. To start single user mode in RedHat you need to know the root password. A real PITA. ---- Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > In the virtualization cookbooks for RHEL 4 and 5, it says "in single > user mode, you are logged in as the root user" and "all of the file > systems in /etc/fstab are mounted". This has not been my experience > and I am trying to determine why. None of my SLES 9 or RHEL AS 4 systems > go into single user mode without prompting for the root password. > I have verified that the TERMINAL LINEND character is set when issuing > the VI VMSG response. > I have been told that the prompt indicates an error in /etc/fstab or a > startup problem. If I boot into another state ( 3 or 5 ), there is no > indication of /etc/fstab problems. Checking dmesg, I can't see any > errors. > Any other suggestions for debugging this problem, please? > > Betsie (the clueless) In single user mode for SUSE you are logged in as the root user however that is not true with RedHat. To start single user mode in RedHat you need to know the root password. A real PITA. -- Bill Dodge email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (703)627-2455 "If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." Lewis Carroll "If you don't know where you are, a map won't help" Unknown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
