output to console from init script

2010-11-29 Thread msacks
Hello, I am trying to figure out a way to output some information to the console (system boots to runlevel 3) from an init script. Here is what I've tried: add echo "$SOMEINFO" into the init script and pipe it to wall, and put that in the init script. This doesn't seem to work, I was thinking of

Re: bypassing login pam.d

2010-11-15 Thread msacks
I think its /etc/init/tty.conf. Not sure where to drop it though, I see #tty stop on runlevel [016] respawn instance $TTY exec /sbin/mingetty $TTY On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Paul Morgan wrote: > /etc/init/tty.conf or /etc/init/serial.conf ? I'm not close to my machines > atm. > > top-pos

Re: bypassing login pam.d

2010-11-15 Thread msacks
That is correct. This is a headless system, it has no runlevel 5, so the gdm configs don't apply. On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Hiisi wrote: > ma, 2010-11-15 kello 16:09 -0700, Phil Meyer kirjoitti: >> Most headless servers are set to run level 3 in /etc/inittab.  Most >> applications that yo

bypassing login pam.d

2010-11-15 Thread msacks
I have a FC13 system that has no GUI. I'd like to bypass the login screen altogether but I'm not sure where to start. I'm looking in /etc/pam.d but I'm not sure if this is doable this way? I am trying to avoid booting into single user mode by default as I'd rather not have to manually start servic