Re: Help! Can't recover!

["Adam C. Powell, IV" <adam powell nist gov>]

"warp@xs4all.nl" wrote:

> In your ARC, AlphaBIOS or SRM add -s, -S or -SINGLE
> after "vmlinux.gz" then boot.
>
> This should get you in init 1 with root access and
> without a password prompt...

Cool!  I'm using MILO, but tried it anyway.  But the behavior
continues: even with -S, when I get to "Enter root password for maintenance
or hit Ctrl-D to continue startup", if I hit ^D it just plain shuts down
and reboots (strating from "Unmounting file systems"); if I type the root
password it gives:

     -tcsh: error in loading shared libraries
     libcurses.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
     directory
     Unmounting file systems
     etc.

[Yes, root uses tcsh- it makes things easier.  Is this a Bad Idea?]  If
I if I hit ^C it still dumps me to the login scren- even with -S...

Here's some new info: I type root at the username prompt, and it gives
back:

     pam[88]: unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_cracklib.so)
     pam[88]: [dlerror: libcrack.so.2: cannot open shared object
     file: No such file or directory]
     pam[88]: adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so
     Password:

And then after the password, the flash of "do_ypcall" errors and back to
the login screen.

In other words, -S doesn't seem to change anything. :-(  Is this expected
for MILO?  I don't think I have ARC or SRM on this 164LX.  How do I start
single-user from AlphaBIOS?

Thanks very much!

-Adam `Cold Fusion' Powell, IV http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/~powell/ ____
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