Re: pam.d query

[mike <mike@kevino.org>]

mike wrote:
> 
> Nasir Hossain wrote:
> 
>>hi all,
>>
>>I have a couple of query's which (till now) I have failed to
> 
> answer/solve.
> 
>>1) How do I log in directly as root ? Is there some place where I can
>>give the password for root so I dont have to login every time I
> 
> start my
> 
>>system. I know knoppix does it... but I dunno how. Please tell me
> 
> how to
> 
>>do this using /etc/pam.d
> 
> 
> I dont know of a reasonably secure way of doing that, perhaps
> someone else may be able to help.
> 
> 
>>2) I am also working on a live cd and I want the kernel messeges
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> removed
> 
>>at startup (the ones which dmesg eventually gets). Is it possible ?
> 
> 
> I use Mandrake and it comes with a bootsplash package that in your
> boot loader you can pass a bootspash=silent in which it just shows
> the image on booting.Take a look at this site. www.bootsplash.org
> Note: to use bootsplash you need to use framebuffer.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
>>thanks
>>
>>nasir
>>
> 
> 
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