Netiquette Guidelines (was: Re: Access ZFS pool in debian 10 single user mode)

2020-09-03 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 15:46:07 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style > > > This is a popular essay on the subject: > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You may also want to look at RFC 1855 "Netiquette Guidelines". ESR recommends it.

Re: Access ZFS pool in debian 10 single user mode

2020-09-03 Thread David Christensen
stions.html [Back to the technical discussion.] I appears that Debian single-user mode does not load the kernel modules you need. I assume this is by design, so that you can boot the system when you have a bad module. Loading modules by hand in single user mode might work, but there is th

Re: Access ZFS pool in debian 10 single user mode

2020-09-03 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
may be you need to import zpool before? try zpool import Best, Alex On 9/3/20 10:34 AM, James Allsopp wrote: This is just debian grub recovery mode so on the same machine, so hopefully zfsutil will be there. Looked at this; zfs                  4214784  9 zunicode              335872  1 zfs

Re: Access ZFS pool in debian 10 single user mode

2020-09-03 Thread James Allsopp
This is just debian grub recovery mode so on the same machine, so hopefully zfsutil will be there. Looked at this; zfs 4214784 9 zunicode 335872 1 zfs zlua 172032 1 zfs zavl 16384 1 zfs icp 331776 1 zfs zcommon

Re: Access ZFS pool in debian 10 single user mode

2020-09-02 Thread Dan Ritter
James Allsopp wrote: > Hi, > Just trying to move var to a zfs partition. Rebooted into recovery mode, > but could access the zfs pool. I tried to modprobe zfs, but still nothing. > Is there something else I should be doing? > Does your recovery mode have the zfs kernel modules and zfsutil?

Access ZFS pool in debian 10 single user mode

2020-09-02 Thread James Allsopp
Hi, Just trying to move var to a zfs partition. Rebooted into recovery mode, but could access the zfs pool. I tried to modprobe zfs, but still nothing. Is there something else I should be doing? Thanks James

Re: Is Linux a single-user system ? was: When/how/why to use "sudo", "su" or "su -"

2019-09-13 Thread Intense Red
> What about the really big iron ? The heck with mainframes. Back in the 1990s I had PC-based Debian boxes with users working on dumb terminals hooked up to the PC via serial cables. That certainly seemed "multi-user" to us and it didn't require big iron. -- "There’s class warfare, all

Re: Is Linux a single-user system ? was: When/how/why to use "sudo", "su" or "su -"

2019-09-13 Thread John Hasler
Richard Owlett wrote: > Do you have any problem with my statement: Today Linux is being used > by an individual who is the _only_ user of a standalone system > (e.g. laptop). The natural person hammering on the keyboard is not the only "user". Daemons are users too, and permissions are the

Re: Is Linux a single-user system ? was: When/how/why to use "sudo", "su" or "su -"

2019-09-13 Thread Thomas D Dial
On Fri, 2019-09-13 at 16:56 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > Do you have any problem with my statement: > > > Today Linux is being used by an individual who is the _only_ > > > user of a standalone system (e.g. laptop). > > What about the really big iron ? >

Re: Is Linux a single-user system ? was: When/how/why to use "sudo", "su" or "su -"

2019-09-13 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: > Do you have any problem with my statement: > > Today Linux is being used by an individual who is the _only_ > > user of a standalone system (e.g. laptop). What about the really big iron ? "Linux Runs on All of the Top 500 Supercomputers, Again!" (June 2019)

Re: bug in single-user fsck mode

2015-10-09 Thread Pete Greening
Additionally, I can not (easily) unmount /var. rpm.statd is running and has a cwd of /var/lib/nfs, preventing normal system recovery. This seems very wrong. On 10/09/2015 11:09 AM, Pete Greening wrote: All, I would like to report a bug, but I am not sure what package it belongs to. Probably

bug in single-user fsck mode

2015-10-09 Thread Pete Greening
All, I would like to report a bug, but I am not sure what package it belongs to. Probably systemd... Here's what happens. I have a LVM LV formated ext4 for /var partition. At boot, there was a minor error and fsck failed due to a hard shutdown. I received the well known error "UNEXPECTED

Re: USB data corruption except in single user mode

2011-05-12 Thread Arno Schuring
jida...@jidanni.org (jida...@jidanni.org on 2011-05-11 21:58 +0800): What does it mean here on sid, when plugging in memory cards works fine in single user mode, with only [..] running, but then in multi user mode, with [..] running, plugging in many of the same memory cards results

USB data corruption except in single user mode

2011-05-11 Thread jidanni
What does it mean here on sid, when plugging in memory cards works fine in single user mode, with only # pstree init-+-init---bash---emacs-+-aspell | `-bash---pstree `-udevd---2*[udevd] running, but then in multi user mode, with # pstree init-+-acpi_fakekeyd

Re: Inquiry: run fsck in single user mode

2009-08-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-19 23:44, hadi motamedi wrote: Dear Niu With many thanks for your reply , I tried to force fsck after reboot as the followings : #cd / #touch /forcefsck #reboot Can you please do me favor and let me know if this is the same as your proposed procedure (since I am not familiar with your

Re: Inquiry: run fsck in single user mode

2009-08-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 07:35:46AM +0100, hadi motamedi wrote: Dear All I have an Linux server that gets problemy from sudden power cut . I need to run fsck in single user mode so I issued #init 1 on the server . At the server prompt , to serialize the fsck on the intended file system , I

Re: Inquiry: run fsck in single user mode

2009-08-19 Thread hadi motamedi
+0100, hadi motamedi wrote: Dear All I have an Linux server that gets problemy from sudden power cut . I need to run fsck in single user mode so I issued #init 1 on the server . At the server prompt , to serialize the fsck on the intended file system , I first tried to unmount

Re: Inquiry: run fsck in single user mode

2009-08-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-17 01:35, hadi motamedi wrote: Dear All I have an Linux server that gets problemy from sudden power cut . I need to run fsck in single user mode so I issued #init 1 on the server . At the server prompt , to serialize the fsck on the intended file system , I first tried to unmount

Re: Inquiry: run fsck in single user mode

2009-08-19 Thread hadi motamedi
cut . I need to run fsck in single user mode so I issued #init 1 on the server . At the server prompt , to serialize the fsck on the intended file system , I first tried to unmount the intended file system and then issue the fsck (as the following) : #umount /dev/hda2 #fsck -s -a /dev/hda2

Re: Inquiry: run fsck in single user mode

2009-08-19 Thread Niu Kun
All I have an Linux server that gets problemy from sudden power cut . I need to run fsck in single user mode so I issued #init 1 on the server . At the server prompt , to serialize the fsck on the intended file system , I first tried to unmount

Re: Inquiry: run fsck in single user mode

2009-08-19 Thread hadi motamedi
...@cox.net wrote: On 2009-08-17 01:35, hadi motamedi wrote: Dear All I have an Linux server that gets problemy from sudden power cut . I need to run fsck in single user mode so I issued #init 1 on the server . At the server prompt , to serialize

Inquiry: run fsck in single user mode

2009-08-17 Thread hadi motamedi
Dear All I have an Linux server that gets problemy from sudden power cut . I need to run fsck in single user mode so I issued #init 1 on the server . At the server prompt , to serialize the fsck on the intended file system , I first tried to unmount the intended file system and then issue the fsck

Wie schreibe ich ein script für den Single User Mode?

2006-10-23 Thread Thomas
Hallo Leute, ich möchte ein Script schreiben, daß in den Single User Mode wechselt, wartet bis der Sinlge User Mode auch wirklich erreicht ist, ein Backup durchführt, und wieder in den normalen zustand zurückkehrt. Also ungefähr so: init 1 sleep 20 tar --exclude /dev --exclude /proc

Debian Single User mode from grub how??

2005-10-26 Thread Siju George
Hi, How can I get into the Debian Sarge Single user mode from grub? without giving a password??? passing the single option doesn't seem to work :-( Kind Regards Siju

Re: Debian Single User mode from grub how??

2005-10-26 Thread amalgam.swhe
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 07:45:58PM +0530, Siju George wrote: Hi, How can I get into the Debian Sarge Single user mode from grub? without giving a password??? passing the single option doesn't seem to work :-( set init=/bin/bash? Kind Regards Siju -- msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 如果敌人让你生

Re: Debian Single User mode from grub how??

2005-10-26 Thread mikepolniak
On 22:46 Wed 26 Oct , amalgam.swhe wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 07:45:58PM +0530, Siju George wrote: Hi, How can I get into the Debian Sarge Single user mode from grub? without giving a password??? passing the single option doesn't seem to work :-( set init=/bin/bash? Just

Re: I can not boot in single user mode without root password

2005-10-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 10:14:45PM +0800, rosetta wrote: Yes..But I didn't install the sudo. And I want to reset the root password without rescure CD or some else. Because the debian reference say single user mode can reset the password. Hi Rosetta, There is usually more than one way

I can not boot in single user mode without root password

2005-09-27 Thread rosetta
hi I am using the kernel-2.6.11-1-386 and grub. In boot menu, I have choosed the recovery mode. But while the system boot completely, it prompt Give root password for mantenance(or Control-D to continue):. If I press ctrl+d, then it will use normal runlevel. How can I use 1 runlevel if I

Re: I can not boot in single user mode without root password

2005-09-27 Thread Nelson Castillo
system boot completely, it prompt Give root password for mantenance(or Control-D to continue):. If I press ctrl+d, then it will use normal runlevel. How can I use 1 runlevel if I forget the root password in grub? Hi. I guess you'll have to use a rescue CD. A knoppix CD will do. A

Re: I can not boot in single user mode without root password

2005-09-27 Thread Kent West
Nelson Castillo quoted someone who wrote: system boot completely, it prompt Give root password for mantenance(or Control-D to continue):. If I press ctrl+d, then it will use normal runlevel. How can I use 1 runlevel if I forget the root password in grub? This doesn't sound like a grub

Re: I can not boot in single user mode without root password

2005-09-27 Thread rosetta
Yes..But I didn't install the sudo. And I want to reset the root password without rescure CD or some else. Because the debian reference say single user mode can reset the password. On 9/27/05, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nelson Castillo quoted someone who wrote: system boot completely

Re: I can not boot in single user mode without root password

2005-09-27 Thread Jochen Schulz
rosetta: I am using the kernel-2.6.11-1-386 and grub. In boot menu, I have choosed the recovery mode. But while the system boot completely, it prompt Give root password for mantenance(or Control-D to continue):. If I press ctrl+d, then it will use normal runlevel. It's a feature.

Solved: Root can't login (but can in single user mode)

2002-11-20 Thread Xaveer Leijtens
I finally solved the problem. My /etc/environment had a single line LANG=nl_NL@euro which (for unknown reasons) caused the problems. Removing this line did the trick. Now that I can login as root again, I still wonder why this is causing trouble in the first place and also why it only prevents

Re: Root can't login (but can in single user mode)

2002-11-15 Thread Xaveer Leijtens
I run debian woody on a number of machines, but on one of them I can't login as root. Only if I reboot in single user mode, everything is fine. Did this start after a crash? A similar thing happened to me a while back, my machine crashed and then no user could login except root in single user

Re: Root can't login (but can in single user mode)

2002-11-15 Thread Nick Mitchell
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:53:47 +0100 Xaveer Leijtens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run debian woody on a number of machines, but on one of them I can't login as root. Only if I reboot in single user mode, everything is fine. Did this start after a crash? A similar thing happened to me a while

Re: Root can't login (but can in single user mode)

2002-11-15 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Xaveer Leijtens said: I run debian woody on a number of machines, but on one of them I can't login as root. Only if I reboot in single user mode, everything is fine. Did this start after a crash? A similar thing happened to me a while back, my machine crashed

Re: Root can't login (but can in single user mode)

2002-11-15 Thread Shyamal Prasad
Stephen == Stephen Gran [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stephen Somewhere in /etc/pam.d (maybe security?) there is an Stephen option to disable root console logins. You might check Stephen to see if that's been enabled. /etc/pam.d/login # Disallows root logins except on tty's listed

Re: Root can't login (but can in single user mode)

2002-11-09 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 22:20:33 +0100 Xaveer Leijtens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run debian woody on a number of machines, but on one of them I can't login as root. Only if I reboot in single user mode, everything is fine. Did this start after a crash? A similar thing happened to me a while back

Root can't login (but can in single user mode)

2002-11-04 Thread Xaveer Leijtens
I run debian woody on a number of machines, but on one of them I can't login as root. Only if I reboot in single user mode, everything is fine. I also tried to login via 'ssh root@localhost', and it does prompt for (and accepts) the password, but stops after displaying /etc/motd. Same happens

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done!

2002-04-09 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Apr 09, 2002, Tom Cook ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 0, Shawn McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: begin quoting what Karsten M. Self said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:18:58AM -0700: Not recommended. If X quits abnormally, it will also restart. What you want:

RE: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done!

2002-04-09 Thread Kurc, Marcin A.
: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done! on Mon, Apr 08, 2002, Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: begin quoting what Erik van der Meulen said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:32:35AM +0200: - /usr/local/bin/startkiosk only does 'startx' Now make that script do a shutdown -h now after

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-08 Thread Erik van der Meulen
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 02:00:04PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it off like a stereo) I'm going to say DON'T DO THIS as well. This isn't what ext3fs is designed to prevent or protect against. You can speed shutdown by

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-08 Thread Erik van der Meulen
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 02:04:08PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'. Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating: X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting. Change the first two lines of /etc/X11/Xserver to read:

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-08 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 13:35, Erik van der Meulen wrote: On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 02:04:08PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'. Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating: X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting.

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done!

2002-04-08 Thread Erik van der Meulen
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 01:39:52PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: which contains a file 'SecurityPolicy'. That seems to be applicable, only quite complex! Can I accomplish the required by making changes here? Do you have /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config? Read my post somewhere else in this

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done!

2002-04-08 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin quoting what Erik van der Meulen said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:32:35AM +0200: - /usr/local/bin/startkiosk only does 'startx' Now make that script do a shutdown -h now after startx exits, and all you'll have to do to shut down is exit X. Maybe. pgp2QJC55sVdU.pgp Description: PGP

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done!

2002-04-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Apr 08, 2002, Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: begin quoting what Erik van der Meulen said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:32:35AM +0200: - /usr/local/bin/startkiosk only does 'startx' Now make that script do a shutdown -h now after startx exits, and all you'll have to do

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done!

2002-04-08 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin quoting what Karsten M. Self said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:18:58AM -0700: Not recommended. If X quits abnormally, it will also restart. What you want: startx_command shutdown -h now ...which should only restart the system if X is exited normally. If it exits with a

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done!

2002-04-08 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Shawn McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: begin quoting what Karsten M. Self said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:18:58AM -0700: Not recommended. If X quits abnormally, it will also restart. What you want: startx_command shutdown -h now ...which should only restart the

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done!

2002-04-08 Thread Tom Cook
stop lilo from presenting a prompt. But then, if you deny console logins, and don't allow single user mode, and, say, your network card gets borked, or even if telnetd/sshd won't allow root logins, how are you going to admin the machine? Have a boot disk which can boot *without* the hard disk

Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Erik van der Meulen
Dear Group - I would like to build on old iron (P90/64Mb) a simple Galeon only Internet terminal. I have prepared a Sid configuration that contains the following: - Internet access - IceWM-experimental - Galeon Things seem to work well (b.t.w. any chance of adjusting the Gnome fonts in menus

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 20:25, Erik van der Meulen wrote: Dear Group - I would like to build on old iron (P90/64Mb) a simple Galeon only Internet terminal. I have prepared a Sid configuration that contains the following: - Internet access - IceWM-experimental - Galeon Things seem to work

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Erik van der Meulen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002.04.07.1425 +0200]: Dear Group - I would like to build on old iron (P90/64Mb) a simple Galeon only Internet terminal. I have prepared a Sid configuration that contains the following: not quite your solution, but look at how jamie did it

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Erik van der Meulen
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: Have a script that starts X for a certain user and begins galeon. Run this as a respawn process under /etc/inittab. Make a certain runlevel be kiosk mode (the default). Make other run levels the admin mode (normal logins

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin quoting what Crispin Wellington said on Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800: Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it off like a stereo) Jeebus. Do you tell people with airbags to not bother using their brakes, just go ahead and hit a tree to stop?

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 21:30, Erik van der Meulen wrote: On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: Have a script that starts X for a certain user and begins galeon. Run this as a respawn process under /etc/inittab. Make a certain runlevel be kiosk mode (the

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 21:33, Shawn McMahon wrote: begin quoting what Crispin Wellington said on Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800: Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it off like a stereo) Jeebus. Do you tell people with airbags to not bother

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Kent West
On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 08:47, Crispin Wellington wrote: On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 21:30, Erik van der Meulen wrote: On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: Have a script that starts X for a certain user and begins galeon. Run this as a respawn process under

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Alex Bernson
My suggestion would be to use straight sawfish for a window manager. It's lightning fast when used alone. Also you could configure a shortcut key such as ctrl-alt-esc to shutdown. If memory serves all you have to do is replace the gnome-session in your .xsession with sawfish On Sun,

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Erik van der Meulen
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:47:38PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'. Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating: X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting. The su -c command should change to a acceptable user.

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Daniel Similä
On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 18:52:40 +0200 Erik van der Meulen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:47:38PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'. Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating: X: user not authorised to run

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Apr 07, 2002, Crispin Wellington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it off like a stereo) I'm going to say DON'T DO THIS as well. This isn't what ext3fs is designed to prevent or protect against. You can speed shutdown by

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Apr 07, 2002, Erik van der Meulen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: Have a script that starts X for a certain user and begins galeon. Run this as a respawn process under /etc/inittab. Make a certain runlevel be kiosk

Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

2002-04-07 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 00:52, Erik van der Meulen wrote: On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:47:38PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'. Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating: X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting.

Re: boot from rescue into single user or with no modules loaded

2001-11-14 Thread Neilen Marais
a way to unload all the modules before booting or going into single user, from a rescue cd-rom or boot disk. Ian You can try typing dmesg -n1 at a command prompt. If those are kernel error messages, that should suspend their printing. Cheers Neilen

Re: boot from rescue into single user or with no modules loaded

2001-11-13 Thread Ian Patrick Thomas
I booted from CDROM and dropped into a shell. After erasing /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep I was able to get past the complaints about net-filter-pf1. This problem is solved. Ian -- FreeSoftware Developer Registered GNU/Linux user 239985 and user of Debian GNU/Linux

Re: boot from rescue into single user or with no modules loaded

2001-11-12 Thread Donald R. Spoon
not load all the way. I need a way to unload all the modules before booting or going into single user, from a rescue cd-rom or boot disk. Ian Ian, It sound like you either have a bad rescue disk or are using it improperly and it is somehow trying to boot off your installed config and the paths

boot from rescue into single user or with no modules loaded

2001-11-11 Thread Ian Thomas
The subject pretty much says it all. I needed to install Windows98 to use a program called Xilinx. After doing this I went and installed System Commander so I could dual boot into GNU/Linux and Windows 98. System Commander wasn't able to boot GNU/Linux. I uninstalled it and tried to boot

Re: boot from rescue into single user or with no modules loaded

2001-11-11 Thread nate
Ian Thomas said: Now the system won't get past these error messages. It starts to boot, then these messages just keep repeating over and over again. How can I boot up with no modules loaded from a boot disk or the CD-ROM? I figure if I can do this, I'll update LILO and be in good

Re: boot from rescue into single user or with no modules loaded

2001-11-11 Thread Ian Thomas
or going into single user, from a rescue cd-rom or boot disk. Ian __ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com

single-user mode? strange

2001-06-26 Thread Daniel Patrick Berdine
I recently ran dselect and did an upgrade with unstable which had the result that I can't log in at all (typing 'root' at the login promt returns Login Incorrect, I don't even get to try the password, similar results with the kdm login screen). My first thought was to boot into single user mode

Re: single-user mode? strange

2001-06-26 Thread Aquila
The problem is caused by some problems in the libpam* packages. To boot into single user mode, if you're using lilo, just append s to the end of your image name when you boot, like: LILO: linux s It will then boot and ask you for root password, which will work. Then download the libpam

single-user

1999-11-17 Thread Noella Pierlet
Hi, Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink) in single-user-mode? Thanks in advance, Noella

Re: single-user

1999-11-17 Thread T.V.Gnanasekaran
Hi, 2 ways to do. 1. When booting, at LILO: enter linux single assuming that your favourite kernel is labelled linux, if not replace the correct kernel label. 2. at shell prompt type init 1 to go to single user mode. -gnana Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink

Re: single-user

1999-11-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Noella Pierlet wrote: : Hi, : : Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink) : in single-user-mode? From the lilo prompt: `linux single' From a root prompt in runlevels 2 through 5: 'shutdown now' -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips

Re: single-user

1999-11-17 Thread Ethan Benson
On 17/11/99 Noella Pierlet wrote: Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink) in single-user-mode? if its x86 and you use lilo just type linux single at the lilo prompt (unless you call the default image something else) Best Regards, Ethan Benson To obtain my PGP

Re: single-user

1999-11-17 Thread Noella Pierlet
Thanks to everyone who responded. The single option works fine! Noella

Re: single-user

1999-11-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
At the lilo prompt, type linux single Bob On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 03:14:22PM +0100, Noella Pierlet wrote: Hi, Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink) in single-user-mode? Thanks in advance, Noella -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: single-user

1999-11-17 Thread aphro
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Noella Pierlet wrote: Noella Hi, Noella Noella Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink) Noella in single-user-mode? I think you can type single and the LILOprompt and it will do it. i used to use a boot disk, but have since remapped CTRL+ALT+DEL

Re: How to boot into single user mode?

1999-04-07 Thread Shao Zhang
When boot up, type linux single or linux emergency Rob Lundahl wrote: Help my x-windows went south and Debian cycles on the xdm login. To fix it I need to login. Can I stop it from going automatically to X windows? Rob _ Do You

How to boot into single user mode?

1999-04-06 Thread Rob Lundahl
Help my x-windows went south and Debian cycles on the xdm login. To fix it I need to login. Can I stop it from going automatically to X windows? Rob _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: How to boot into single user mode?

1999-04-06 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 4/6/99 11:51:56 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To fix it I need to login. Can I stop it from going automatically to X windows? 1) If you're using hamm - put no-xdm in your /etc/X11/options file to prevent xdm from starting On any system you should

Re: How to boot into single user mode?

1999-04-06 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
to the kernel image that you boot...So get the boot: prompt by hitting the shift key at the LILO prompt. Then hit tab to see what kernel images you have available. Type in the name of the kernel image, followed by a space, followed by single and hit return. You'll boot to single user mode. For example

Re: How to boot single user with loadlin?

1998-12-23 Thread Jim Lynch
- Received message begins Here - Perhaps you used the wrong way to go to single user mode. The only correct way to switch to single user from multi user is: shutdown now I used init s. I thought that was the same. Thanks for the tip, I'll try that. Jim

How to boot single user with loadlin?

1998-12-22 Thread Jim Lynch
using /usr, I guess. Anyway then I set out to try to boot single user from loadlin.exe. I didn't know what to put. I tried loadlin vmlinux root=/dev/hdb1 ro single, but that didn't seem to work. Can someone enlighten me? I looked in the docs, but I guess I didn't find the right one. Thanks

Re: How to boot single user with loadlin?

1998-12-22 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
well. It keeps /usr mounted because it doesn't kill off the process using /usr, I guess. Perhaps you used the wrong way to go to single user mode. The only correct way to switch to single user from multi user is: shutdown now [Note the omission of the -r/-h option!]. Anyway then I set out

Re: How to boot single user with loadlin?

1998-12-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
that booting single from a running : system doesn't work very well. It keeps /usr mounted because it doesn't : kill off the process using /usr, I guess. : : Perhaps you used the wrong way to go to single user mode. The only : correct way to switch to single user from multi user

Re: What causes single user boot? (last stereogram)

1998-10-07 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Kent West wrote: At 09:10 PM 10/6/1998 +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: [stereogram .sig] Now that, folks, has class.. Cool Ray :) I kept focusing on the row with Os in it and never could see anything. Finally I gave up on

Re: What causes single user boot?

1998-10-06 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Christopher D. Judd wrote: Make sure the sixth field in your /etc/fstab is set to 0(zero) or empty for removable media. From 'man 5 fstab' [...] Sure enough, that fixed it. Odd that this problem only showed up when I upgraded to Hamm, though. Thanks for the tip.

Re: What causes single user boot?

1998-10-06 Thread Michael Beattie
On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248)377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free Stereogram! Try to make the two Os in the next row look like three: OO n n n n n n n n n n

Re: What causes single user boot?

1998-10-06 Thread Kent West
At 09:10 PM 10/6/1998 +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248)377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free Stereogram! Try to make the two Os in the next row look like three:

Re: What causes single user boot?

1998-10-02 Thread Christopher D. Judd
*- Christopher D. Judd wrote about Re: What causes single user boot? | |This happens on my system since upgrading to Hamm. The problem seems | to be that fsck -A tries to check /fd0 (since I have entries for /fd0 in | fsab) and fails since no disk is in the drive. If that is the case

Re: What causes single user boot?

1998-10-02 Thread Andy Spiegl
According to Miquel van Smoorenburg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2. A filesystem check failed because there were serious errors and the system wants you to run fsck manually It is not 1 and 3 so it must be 2. That sounds reasonable, because the operator (who had no idea what he was doing) read

What causes single user boot?

1998-10-01 Thread Andy Spiegl
Hi! I've got a webserver which is running constantly. A few days ago we had to reboot it, because of a SCSI problem with the JAZ drive. (side note: can you imagine the load went up to 115 still growing!?) Well, after the reboot the system stopped at the prompt: Press Ctrl-D or give root

Re: What causes single user boot?

1998-10-01 Thread Jens Ritter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Spiegl) writes: Hi! I've got a webserver which is running constantly. A few days ago we had to reboot it, because of a SCSI problem with the JAZ drive. (side note: can you imagine the load went up to 115 still growing!?) Well, after the reboot the system stopped

Re: What causes single user boot?

1998-10-01 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andy Spiegl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I've got a webserver which is running constantly. A few days ago we had to reboot it, because of a SCSI problem with the JAZ drive. (side note: can you imagine the load went up to 115 still growing!?) Well, after the reboot

Re: What causes single user boot?

1998-10-01 Thread Christopher D. Judd
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andy Spiegl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I've got a webserver which is running constantly. A few days ago we had to reboot it, because of a SCSI problem with the JAZ drive. (side note: can you imagine the load went up to 115 still growing!?) Well, after

Re: What causes single user boot?

1998-10-01 Thread servis
*- Christopher D. Judd wrote about Re: What causes single user boot? | |This happens on my system since upgrading to Hamm. The problem seems | to be that fsck -A tries to check /fd0 (since I have entries for /fd0 in | fsab) and fails since no disk is in the drive. If that is the case

Re: how to boot into single user mode?

1998-08-28 Thread joost
Hi, This is explained in the manpage for init(1). Quoting man init: ---cut--- BOOTFLAGS It is possible to pass a number of flags to init from the boot monitor (eg. LILO). Init accepts the following flags: S, single Single user mode boot. In this mode /etc

how to boot into single user mode?

1998-08-27 Thread Daryl Williams
ogins and i did not create any user accounts. i figure the only way to fix this is to boot into single user mode and remove the xdm entries, however i am not sure how to do this in linux... needless to say i am feeling very stupid right about now. any help would be appreciated. //daryl

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