From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Jun 23 20:04:33 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6846416A41C
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:04:33 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr)
Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.94])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7DC443D55
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:04:32 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr)
Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a090.otenet.gr [212.205.215.90])
	by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-1) with ESMTP id
	j5NK4QR4013753; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:04:30 +0300
Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1])
	by gothmog.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j5NK4F4P001496;
	Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:04:15 +0300 (EEST)
	(envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr)
Received: (from giorgos@localhost)
	by gothmog.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j5NK4F1M001495;
	Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:04:15 +0300 (EEST)
	(envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr)
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:04:14 +0300
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Eric <eman@xecu.net>
Message-ID: <20050623200414.GE1145@gothmog.gr>
References: <42BB0AE8.3010305@xecu.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <42BB0AE8.3010305@xecu.net>
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: boot into sigle user from cd
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:04:33 -0000

On 2005-06-23 15:18, Eric <eman@xecu.net> wrote:
> I am building a custom recovery cd and would like to have it boot into
> sigle user mode automatically.
>
> Within the loader.rc file I have:
>  set boot_single
>
> which boots into signle usr, however, it prompts for the default shell;
>
> "Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:"
>
> Is there a way to set the default shell so that it does not prompt?

IIRC, it is init(8) that prints this final message and not the loader.

Right...

if you look at /usr/src/sbin/init/init.c, you'll see that init(8) builds
with -DDEBUGSHELL.  Removing this from the Makefile and rebuilding
/sbin/init disabled the prompt for a shell and will just fire up /bin/sh
(or whatever _PATH_BSHELL was when /sbin/init was built).