From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jun 11 00:21:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA10679 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:21:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from myrddin.demon.co.uk (exim@myrddin.demon.co.uk [158.152.54.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA10660 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:21:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk) Received: from dom by myrddin.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 1.80 #1) id 0yk1Se-0000EJ-00; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:07:48 +0100 To: The Hermit Hacker Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wishlist item: booting single user mode References: From: Dom Mitchell In-Reply-To: The Hermit Hacker's message of "Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:03:44 -0400 (EDT)" X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/XEmacs 20.4 - "Emerald" Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:07:48 +0100 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The Hermit Hacker writes: > One 'feature' of solaris that I really like is when it boots into > single user mode...it asks you what shell you want to use, defaulting to > /bin/sh ... Which version of Solaris is that? All my versions just ask me for the root password and then chuck me straight into root's shell. This is in fact a big problem for people who change root's shell to something daft/nonexistant... Or do you mean Solaris 1.x (aka sunos 4)? > ...what would it take to add that into FreeBSD? As others have said, it's already there. -- "Remember the Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules" -- WoID To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message