From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nasir Hossain Subject: Re: pam.d query Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:12:13 +0530 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40DFAFB5.4000902@gawab.com> References: <40DD0D1E.2040100@gawab.com> <40DF818A.6070805@kevino.org> <40DF81FB.9090508@kevino.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <40DF81FB.9090508@kevino.org> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > > > > 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs