[PLUG] how to enter in "Single user mode"

[Pushparajan V]

Hi,
FYI: Let me add a point to this,

If you have GRUB installed, you can add the runlevel number to the end
as a kernel parameter.

Look in /boot/grub/grub.conf for:
   kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2139_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
Change this to:
   kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2139_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet 1


Thanks.

On 9/7/06, Arindam <arindam.mukerjee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi,
> > i've recently installed FC4 in my system.
> > every time i am login, i am loging in as "Root".
> > now i want to login in shell prompt in "Sigle user
> > mode"..can i do that??if so how??i don't want GUI at
> > the time of bootup.
>
> I am not entirely certain what you want to do. There is something
> called Runlevel and Linux would boot into a particular run-level based
> on settings in the /etc/inittab file - which is read by the init
> process.
>
> You can set your system to boot to Runlevel 1 - which is true Single
> User mode. You change the default setting of -
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> to
>
> id:1:initdefault:
>
>
> However, I am assuming that you want to boot into the text console and
> then move into the GUI when you want to. For that you should enter
> Runlevel 3 - so again, change the /etc/inittab entry to:
>
> id:3:initdefault:
>
> **** Please keep a backup of a working copy of /etc/inittab each time
> you change it.
>
> Finally, on RedHat-like systems, like Fedora, you might boot into the
> default Runlevel 5 (GUI) and switch to the text consoles (1-6) using
> Ctrl+Alt+F<n> where n is F<n> is one of the Function keys F1 to F6. To
> switch back to the GUI, use Alt+F7. To switch between text consoles,
> use Alt+F1 ... Alt+F6.
>
>
> >
> > mentioning that i've not created any other users..
> > i had asked this quest earlier,but i've not get the
> > reply..
> > thx & regds
> >
>
> You should create non-root users and assign them to appropriate user
> groups. Use the following commands ... RTM:
>
> groupadd - For adding groups
> useradd - For adding users, creating their home directories and
> creating default settings like default shell, etc.
> passwd - To change the user's password
> chfn - To change a user's finger info
> chsh - To change a user's default shell
> chown/chgrp - To change ownership / group ownership of the user's home directory
>
> You might want to make a small interactive shell script and run it to
> add any user at any point of time.
>
> Cheers,
> Arindam
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>
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