pam.d query

DISCUSSION Nasir Hossain 2 participants 3 messages Jun 26, 2004 – Jun 28, 2004 1 message not in the archive

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Nasir Hossain

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2004-06-26 05:43 UTC #0 lore raw

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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mike

2004-06-28 02:27 UTC #2 lore raw

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Quoted 3 lines · Nasir Hossain
hi all,
I have a couple of query's which (till now) I have failed to
answer/solve.
Quoted 2 lines
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
Quoted 1 line
system. I know knoppix does it... but I dunno how. Please tell me
how to
Quoted 1 line
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.
Quoted 1 line
2) I am also working on a live cd and I want the kernel messeges
removed
Quoted 1 line
at startup (the ones which dmesg eventually gets). Is it possible ?

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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
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thanks
nasir

Nasir Hossain

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2004-06-28 05:42 UTC #3 lore raw

Quoted 68 lines · mike

Quoted 47 lines · mike
Quoted 5 lines · Nasir Hossain
hi all,
I have a couple of query's which (till now) I have failed to
answer/solve.
Quoted 4 lines
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
Quoted 3 lines
system. I know knoppix does it... but I dunno how. Please tell me
how to
Quoted 3 lines
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.
Quoted 3 lines
2) I am also working on a live cd and I want the kernel messeges
removed
Quoted 3 lines
at startup (the ones which dmesg eventually gets). Is it possible ?
Quoted 18 lines
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
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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