Quoth Vadiraj on Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 03:40:53AM -0700: > I have disabled the system/console-login:default service by mistake. > Now the system is not not booting and displaying a scrolling message > with the following lines: > > Cannot run console service > See /lib/svc/share/README for more details > Requesting system maintainance mode > Cannot run console service > See /lib/svc/share/README for more details > Requesting system maintainance mode > ........ > > I tried enabling it through Failsafe boot and using the Solaris first > CD. I used chroot to do it. There were no errors while doing this but, > the system is still not bootable. > Please help. I am using Solaris x86 U2 on Toshiba laptop.
When svc.startd requests "system maintenance mode", it tries to run /sbin/sulogin. That you don't get a prompt indicates something is wrong with your sulogin, or perhaps your /etc/passwd (or maybe even your /etc/shadow; I'm not sure). Check that first. David
