Single User mode fails
ken Benson
enter the root password at the Ctrl-D prompt, the system will NOT enter
single user mode.
If I type Ctrl-D, the system will go to multi-user mode. If I use the init
1 command to try to get into single user mode, I get right back into the
cycle ... I'm at the Ctrl-D prompt again.
A variation on this (and I'm not sure how I caused this) ... sometimes when
I'm at the Ctrl-D prompt and enter the root password, I get a prompt to
Enter the run level (0-6, s or S) ... but neither 1 or s will work ... #2
will work, however.
I've searched the technical articles and did not find any pertinent TA's for
this problem ... please help...
Ken Benson
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Thank you for any help ...
Roberto Zini
Try to get to multi-user mode and, once logged in as root, delete
the /etc/ioctl.syscon file; next, try again to boot into single
user mode.
Best,
Roberto
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ken Benson
Roberto Zini <r.z...@strhold.it> wrote in message
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Roberto Zini
Uhm ... what about the devices under /dev with major nb = 3 and minor
nb = 1 ? There should be 3 of 'em, namely:
/dev/console
/dev/syscon
/dev/systty
Are you in the position to check if __all__ of 'em have major 3 and
minor 1 ?
ken Benson
Someone else suggested that off-line and I've looked ... all three are there
and have major:3 and minor:1 ... with an inode of 0 (which I thought was a
little strange!)
Bill Vermillion
ken Benson <ken_n...@bkenbenson.com> wrote:
>Roberto Zini <r.z...@strhold.it> wrote in message
>news:3C7612E6...@strhold.it...
>> ken Benson wrote:
>> >
>> > That didn't work.
[lotsa stuff deleted - wjv]
>> > > Try to get to multi-user mode and, once logged in as root, delete
>> > > the /etc/ioctl.syscon file; next, try again to boot into single
>> > > user mode.
>> Uhm ... what about the devices under /dev with major nb = 3 and minor
>> nb = 1 ? There should be 3 of 'em, namely:
>> /dev/console
>> /dev/syscon
>> /dev/systty
>> Are you in the position to check if __all__ of 'em have major 3 and
>> minor 1 ?
>Someone else suggested that off-line and I've looked ... all three
>are there and have major:3 and minor:1 ... with an inode of 0
>(which I thought was a little strange!)
Inode 0 is more than strange it should be impossible.
Lowest inode is 2. I forget why what was once 1 in the very first
systems gave way to 2.
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
Roberto Zini
>
> Roberto Zini <r.z...@strhold.it> wrote in message
> news:3C7612E6...@strhold.it...
> > ken Benson wrote:
> > >
[snip]
> >
> > Uhm ... what about the devices under /dev with major nb = 3 and minor
> > nb = 1 ? There should be 3 of 'em, namely:
> >
> > /dev/console
> > /dev/syscon
> > /dev/systty
> >
> > Are you in the position to check if __all__ of 'em have major 3 and
> > minor 1 ?
> >
>
> Someone else suggested that off-line and I've looked ... all three are there
> and have major:3 and minor:1 ... with an inode of 0 (which I thought was a
> little strange!)
Could you please post the resulf of the following command:
ls -lai /dev/console /dev/syscon /dev/systty
ken Benson
> ken Benson wrote:
> >
> > Roberto Zini <r.z...@strhold.it> wrote in message
> > news:3C7612E6...@strhold.it...
> > > ken Benson wrote:
> > > >
>
> [snip]
>
> > >
> > > Uhm ... what about the devices under /dev with major nb = 3 and minor
> > > nb = 1 ? There should be 3 of 'em, namely:
> > >
> > > /dev/console
> > > /dev/syscon
> > > /dev/systty
> > >
> > > Are you in the position to check if __all__ of 'em have major 3 and
> > > minor 1 ?
> > >
> >
> > Someone else suggested that off-line and I've looked ... all three are
there
> > and have major:3 and minor:1 ... with an inode of 0 (which I thought was
a
> > little strange!)
>
> Could you please post the resulf of the following command:
>
> ls -lai /dev/console /dev/syscon /dev/systty
>
> Best,
> Roberto
>
# ls -lai /dev/console /dev/syscon /dev/systty
34025 crw------- 3 bin terminal 3, 1 Feb 26 12:21 /dev/console
34025 crw------- 3 bin terminal 3, 1 Feb 26 12:21 /dev/syscon
34025 crw------- 3 bin terminal 3, 1 Feb 26 12:21 /dev/systty
#
Roberto Zini
Well, I've got the same values here on an running machine so it's not
an issue related to the above devices.
Sorry, I'm out of ideas now :-(
Steve Fabac
Take a look at /etc/passwd and check to be sure that root's shell
is /bin/sh. I have seen single user mode fail when a client had changed
root's shell to scosh.
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ken Benson
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the root login in /etc/passwd does not have any shell.