I actually got it from this mailing list, maybe back in 2001. It has worked well, so I kept using it. Trying "bash -l" works, but root does not show as logged on when I enter "who" like it does if mingetty or agetty is used, plus the profiles are run, environment variables are set, etc. As usual, to each its own..
Note: If anyone tries this on Red Hat with selinux enabled, it will fail unless you "teach" selinux to accept it. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 1/22/2009 at 10:23 AM, Bruce Hayden <[email protected]> wrote: > -snip- >> One way to do this in SLES 10, if you in fact want root to be actually >> logged into the system and not just a shell started on the console: > > Just curious, but did you try using "bash -l" before going to this extent? > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Bruce Hayden Linux on System z Advanced Technical Support IBM, Endicott, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
