HOWTO add login and password when booting Puppy
How can I add the login/password for Puppy 5.1/5,2 ?
Obviously /etc/inittab has changed since the original solution was posted.
Thanks,
Bob
Thanks,
Bob
Re: How can I add the login/password for Puppy 5.1/5,2 ?
I made the original post a little less then four years ago. Thingsnetfrog77 wrote:Obviously /etc/inittab has changed since the
original solution was posted.
Thanks,
Bob
change, but case, its the same with Lupu 5.20 as it was with
whatever version I was using back then.
Change this line:
tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty -n -l /bin/autologinroot 38400 tty1
To:
tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
After the change, the boot process with stop and have you login and
provide the password.
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Still not certain what to do with the current version
Hi,
Thanks for responding; but I'm still not certain what to do.
Here are the tty lines in the current initab:
# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
There is no 'autologin' option that would be removed by replacing the line.
Do you know if this is a customized version of 'mingetty' that does the autologin?
Thanks,
Bob
Thanks for responding; but I'm still not certain what to do.
Here are the tty lines in the current initab:
# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
There is no 'autologin' option that would be removed by replacing the line.
Do you know if this is a customized version of 'mingetty' that does the autologin?
Thanks,
Bob
Re: Still not certain what to do with the current version
That's for an operating system with run levels. I didn't know any Puppynetfrog77 wrote: # Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
used run levels. Which version are you using?
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Please Forgive a Puppy Frugal Newbie for a Silly Mistake
Thanks Bruce B.
Your latest post clued me in to my error.
I mistakenly looked at the etc/inittab file in the file system that appears in Roxfiler when you click on the mounted partition where Puppy is installed.
Since it has been a while since I installed Puppy, I had forgotten it was installed in the file system of another Linux version and did not realize that Roxfiler was not displaying the Puppy file system.
Your latest post clued me in to my error.
I mistakenly looked at the etc/inittab file in the file system that appears in Roxfiler when you click on the mounted partition where Puppy is installed.
Since it has been a while since I installed Puppy, I had forgotten it was installed in the file system of another Linux version and did not realize that Roxfiler was not displaying the Puppy file system.
Well, I've had etc/inittab modified for some time, so that a login is required. Then I realised that no grandchildren were scheduled to visit until Christmas, so I modified the file back to normal to save having to log in. Disaster! Puppy (Wary) won't boot any more.
I get-
getty: tty1; can't exec /bin/autologinroot
over and over again until I use the power button to put the poor computer out of its misery.
What to do?
(Live cd with save file)
EDIT: as I can't boot Wary, I dug out my old Puppy 431 cd. That boots, but I looked at /etc/inittab, and found that I had modified it to require login, then commented out the password line and restored the original, and it works. That's exactly what I did with Wary, but the restored file does not work. Huh??
I get-
getty: tty1; can't exec /bin/autologinroot
over and over again until I use the power button to put the poor computer out of its misery.
What to do?
(Live cd with save file)
EDIT: as I can't boot Wary, I dug out my old Puppy 431 cd. That boots, but I looked at /etc/inittab, and found that I had modified it to require login, then commented out the password line and restored the original, and it works. That's exactly what I did with Wary, but the restored file does not work. Huh??
Want the login prompt at bootup to be hidden/camouflageed
Gorilla no baka, or anyone who knows the answer:
Would you please tell me what file you modified to change the login prompt as seen in your screen shot. I have looked for quite awhile and was unable to find it.
Thank you for your help.
Would you please tell me what file you modified to change the login prompt as seen in your screen shot. I have looked for quite awhile and was unable to find it.
Thank you for your help.
Nobody knows where the hostname is stored. In the /etc/hostname maybe.midmen wrote:Would you please tell me what file you modified to change the login prompt as seen in your screen shot. I have looked for quite awhile and was unable to find it.
Still there is another way, although I can't guarantee it won't screw up anything in your system.
Create an executable script /bin/goofylogin similar to this one:
Code: Select all
#!/bin/bash
echo -en "\\033[1;31m"
echo "Warning! An unexpected error occurred!"
echo "All the data on your hard disk has been deleted."
echo -e "\\033[0;39m"
echo -n "Continue anyway? "
read username
exec login $username
to tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty -n -l /bin/goofylogin 38400 tty1
in the /etc/inittab file.
want the login prompt at bootup to be hidden/camouflageed
Burunduk,
Thank you for your response. I should have been more specific. Changing the hostname will put anything I desire in front of the "login" prompt. What I would like to do is eliminate or change the wording "login" from the screen. What file holds the code at this point in the process? I have narrowed it down to getty or busybox, but I am not an expert on this so I am not sure. Also, how does one access the code within getty or busybox?
Puppy 528 on a USB
Thank you for your response. I should have been more specific. Changing the hostname will put anything I desire in front of the "login" prompt. What I would like to do is eliminate or change the wording "login" from the screen. What file holds the code at this point in the process? I have narrowed it down to getty or busybox, but I am not an expert on this so I am not sure. Also, how does one access the code within getty or busybox?
Puppy 528 on a USB
Forgot password
I installed puppy linux on a usb drive, ran a session on my computer, saved the session to the hard drive, set a password, and then forgot the password. Is there a way to re-set the password? If not how do I uninstall the saved session so that I can re-install puppy linux and start over?
Thank You
Thank You