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Date:      Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:21:01 +0000
From:      Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>
To:        Moreno Carullo <moreno.carullo@nozominetworks.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Console -- insecure settings
Message-ID:  <20151002112101.GA95004@eris.bzerk.org>
In-Reply-To: <C7226F48-6CAB-4C42-A0F9-33A306B1EF16@nozominetworks.com>
References:  <C7226F48-6CAB-4C42-A0F9-33A306B1EF16@nozominetworks.com>

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On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 10:32:48AM +0000, Moreno Carullo typed:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to set the console as insecure as documented here:
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/boot-introduction.html
> 
> the issue is that the system seems to ignore the setting, as the single user mode does NOT prompt for password.

I think the documentation is wrong, because /etc/ttys is read by init, and init doesn't run in single user mode.
Single user mode means /bin/sh replaces init.

> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Moreno
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