Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264089AbTEOPec (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 May 2003 11:34:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264090AbTEOPec (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 May 2003 11:34:32 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:2176 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264089AbTEOPea (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 May 2003 11:34:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 11:46:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Chris Ricker cc: Jesse Pollard , Mike Touloumtzis , Ahmed Masud , Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, Yoav Weiss , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20030514074403.GA18152@bluemug.com> <20030514205847.GA18514@bluemug.com> <03051508174100.25285@tabby> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1848 Lines: 50 On Thu, 15 May 2003, Chris Ricker wrote: > On Thu, 15 May 2003, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > > You don't have to do that. Richard is mis-informed. Any of the following > > > still work on Red Hat Linux 9: > > > > > > init=/bin/bash # drops you straight to a bash shell > > > init 1 # runs runlevel 1 SysV init scripts and rc.sysinit > > > init single # runs rc.sysinit, but not runlevel 1 > > > init emergency # runs a shell > > > > > > all without going to rescue media. > > > > > > > Bullshit. Try it. > > I just did. It works. > > If it's not working for you, it's because *you* did something (like, say, > password your boot loader). By default, it's still possible on Red Hat Linux > 9 out of the box. > > later, > chris > - Sill bullshit. I did nothing except to try to help a neighbor who got locked out of her machine. I spent most of Saturday and all of Sunday trying to break in. The LILO command prompt readily took "parameters". However, any parameter passed on the command-line resulted in a try-to-kill init error. Her machine uses an Adaptec SCSI controller which needs to be loaded via initrd to make the root file-system available. I tried Red-Hat 8.0 here at work. It works as you described. There is no problem with it and LILO and initrd. However Red Hat 9/Professional does not allow break-in, at least on the machine tested...and I have several pissed off witnesses. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/