Re: Eliminating Linux login.

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From: Nick Maclaren
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00

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In article <65tnbc$fvu@nntp02.primenet.com>, "Bob G" <bobg@iname.com> writes:
|> Graham Philip Crowe wrote in message <65t4pi$hka$1@wyrm.its.uow.edu.au>...
|> >Modify the /etc/inittab file and remove the mingetty lines and run bash
|> >instead. This will not run the login programme but just a command shell.
|> >
|> >You will always be logged in as root though unless you set inittab to run
|> >it under su.
|> 
|> Would you mind showing the line you used in inittab, and the specifics of
|> the su approach? I tried:
|> 
|> 1:12345:respawn:/sbin/bash
|> 
|> with no luck. It just gave me a blank screen that echo'ed my input.

Try:

1:12345:respawn:/sbin/bash < /dev/console > /dev/console 2>&1


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From: nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren)
Subject: Re: Eliminating Linux login.
Date: 1997/12/01
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