In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >David Z Maze wrote: > >> Another is to use the man command; often random files are documented >> in man pages. For example, nologin(5) documents what exactly >> /etc/nologin does such that you'd need an init script to remove it. > > >No, it doesn't. It documents why you'd need an init script to remove it >once another init script creates it, but it doesn't really explain why >the bootmisc.sh needs to create it in the first place. Would there be >anything wrong/dangerous in setting DELAYEDLOGIN=no[and then moving gdm >as early as possible in the queue]?
You do not want to let users login before networking is up, NIS is running, and $DEITY knows what else is needed for a correct user environment. That is why a /etc/nologin is created early in the bootprocess, before it is possible for mortals to login, and removed just before the entire bootsequence is complete. Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
