pam.d query

pam.d query

[Nasir Hossain]

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

2) I am also working on a live cd and I want the kernel messeges removed 
at startup (the ones which dmesg eventually gets). Is it possible ?

thanks

nasir

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Re: pam.d query

[mike]

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
> 
> 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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Re: pam.d query

[Nasir Hossain]

mike wrote:

>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
>>>      
>>>
>>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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>
I took care of the password thing. Since security is really not an issue 
here, editing the /etc/passwd (if shadow passwords are not enabled) and 
/etc/shadow (if they are), and deleteing the encrypted portion removes 
the password for root. Logging in automatically is quite simple after 
that , changing in /etc/inittab :-

1:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/openvt -f -c 1 -w -- /bin/login -f root

that logs. in root in tty1.

As for the silent boot, thanks for the link mike. I'll check it out.

thanks





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