what things can i do in single user mode?is there a guide out there can help me out how to navigate in single user mode?in links that focus only on user user mode?being in single user mode in other istro all the same? debian, fedora, suse. etc
View 4 RepliesI'm just working on fedora for the first time for my proj. So having many difficulties. My first doubt is that is it possible to record audio in single user mode using fedora? I need it for my proj work. I tried arecord and rec in single user mode.. I'm getting an error stating pulse audio connect error.
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How can I force this machine to boot up to runlevel 1? I can't see grub menu when first booting it up!
My linux workstation recently crashed. After rebooting, Linux (Red Hat 5.3) will not boot properly and automatically went into emergency mode or recovery mode i think. I can still see my /home/user/ and all the files inside.I boot from CD to rescue mode and tried mounting read-only the /dev/sd5 which contains the files in the crashed hard disk to try to copy out my files but mounting was unsuccessful (invalid argument). I checked the filesystem type using fsck -N /dev/sda5 and shows it to ext2. i tried to mount another known working hdd and was successful.
My question is why in emergency mode, the crashed hdd is able to be mounted automatically as read-only but cannot be done in rescue mode thru a bootable CD?Is there any special mount options used in emergency mode?I also cannot copy out in emergency mode booting from the crashed hard disk as everything is read only.
I'm just working on fedora for the first time for my proj. So having many difficulties. My first doubt is that is it possible to record audio in single user mode using fedora? I need it for my proj work..I tried arecord and rec in single user mode.. I'm getting an error stating pulse audio connect error. Connection refused..
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in red hat enterprise 5 it's ok, not in red hat 6.
How do I get into Single User Mode in 10.04?
The grub menu seems to be gone in 10.04, and the computer boots in 2 seconds. It's great that it boots fast, but there has to be some way to specify boot options?
/etc/default/grub says the timeout is 10, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
I've created Oracle Enterprise 5 Virtual machine. It was running fine but not sure what went wrong and now when ever I reboot the machine, it goes to single user mode. If I enter "init 5" command it boots to multi-user X11 mode without any problem.I checked inittab file and default line has id 5. So it looks OK. What else can be wrong?
View 15 Replies View RelatedI am running redhat ES 5 on a dell server and recently, I ran into a snag where I was able to reduce a partition (ext3) but could not run resize2fs (mismatch between physical and logical blocks (i never found a solution to this). In any case I decided to log in a single user mode (appended 'single' at the GRUB loader prompt) and now I am always taken to this single user mode every single time I reboot and can't seem to get out of it. I have tried init 5 (runlevel that the system is set to boot into by default) but that does nothing (no message on the # prompt).Of course, I have 2 problems here:
1) partition issue
2) cannot log out of single user mode.
I'm running debian lenny. Suddenly when I rebooted my system I was unable to login. I type root and the password and it tells me the login is incorrect.If I boot into single user mode, it accepts the password just fine. Looking in the /etc/shadow file, it appears to be fine as well.Running passwd to set a new password sets a new password just fine, i can login to single user mode with the new password, however, I cannot login at a higher runlevel with the password.
If I delete a password in the /etc/shadow file, then try to login as that user, it simply says "Login Incorrect" without even asking for a password.
Upon OS start-up Debian gives a choice, one is just simply start Debian, another line to start Debian, but with brackets (single-user mode). What's this for? And when and why do you need to use this?
View 2 Replies View RelatedStill working scanning results, this time with DISA's SRR scripts.More than one scanning package complains about;The UNIX host is bootable in single user mode without a password..So, I assume in /etc/passwd there is an entry that corrects this?what is the specific syntax and where does it go ?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a system with a fair amount of software on it. The system stopped working due to a hard drive error. The system have 5 hards drive ( 1T). I need to get into single user mode (maintenance) as some how I messed up the root password. When starting up I get the time out screen press esc and it takes me to GNU GRUB version 0.97 screen In this screen there are 6 different lines
CentOS (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.9.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.9.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.el5PAE)
CentOS base (2.6.18-238.el5)
I move the arrow down to CentOS base (2.6.18-238.el5) and pressed 'e' Then I get three lines
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I have successfully installed Debian on a Sparc Ultra5, 270MHz SparcIIi CPU, 384MB RAM, 40GB HD. However, once Debian tries to load Gnome (right before the login screen) the screen goes blank, and so the machine becomes unusable. I booted of the NetInstall CD, into rescue mode, and executed a shell, but apparently there is currently a problem when running nano from a live CD, so I can not edit the xorg.conf file when I boot the live CD. So, I would like to just boot the install into single user mode, but I dont know how. Currently, when the Ultra5 is powered on, it tries to boot with command "boot", so I hit "Stop A". From there I type "boot Disk1" to boot Debian normally. To boot from a CD, I would type "boot cdrom" So any idea on how I can boot from Disk1 in Single User Mode?
My only other idea is to hook up another monitor I have which may be able to deal with whatever resolution Gnome is defaulting to. However, Id rather just boot into single user mode.
What good does getting into single user mode do?And what's the basic purpose of it , i.e is it maintaining purpose???
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI need to recover the root password or reset it. For this, I am trying to follow the following steps to get into the single-user mode & where exactly I am getting stuck: 1. Reboot the machine2. Press <esc>3. At the boot loader screen, i have 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server ($version info)' highlighted. 4. Simply pressing 'e' (for editing) does not work (does nothing). 5. I have the option to press 'p' to enter boot-loader password and then go into the single user mode.What if I don't know the boot loader password as well & I want to get into the single-user mode WITHOUT using a boot CD? Is this possible? If so, please share the procedure to do so.
View 7 Replies View RelatedAt least I think it's called single-user mode. I don't have a GUI for my CentOS install. It boots up to a terminal. The text is too big though. Is there any way to reduce the text size?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm running Debian Lenny. When I exit run level 1 (single user mode), the system automatically continues into run level 2. I have browsed the init scripts and have yet to determine how this "magic" is performed. I would be grateful if a local guru would point me to how the scripts automatically proceed into run level 2 when exiting run level 1
View 4 Replies View RelatedI want to fix my disks with fsck but using sudo init 1 is not allowing me in. It shuts my services down, then gives a "Give root password for maintenance" prompt. I've tried my password, but it rejects it.
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to use ubuntu is there any way to eject cd from single user mode?
in ubuntu 10.04 how to get into single user mode with out entering the root user password
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have this dump script that performs either full or incremental backups depending on the day of the week. From what I have read, when using dump you should drop to single user mode to help prevent the backups from being inconsistent before you issue the dump command. What I want is the script to drop to single user mode, perform the backups using dump, and then go back to runlevel 3 after the backups complete.
I know when you enter init 1 to drop to single user mode, but doing so within a script reboots the computer and drops it to single user mode and the rest of the script doesn't complete.What would be a good method for me to be able to accomplish what I want to do? Do I need to run other scripts that would call mine?I am running Centos 5.4
I installed Ubuntu 11.04 and it refuses to show me a boot menu so I can select single user mode. When it does boot, it continues to cycle as X11 fails, but will not let me change into any of the consoles via control+shift+1-7 or control C or any command. X11/GDM continues to cycle as I hear my video card keep spinning up and down. In every version prior, after 3-4 fails it would give you a shell and say, ok it failed. how to boot into single user mode or escape out of this GDM/X11 fail cycle?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am starting Debian in single-user mode since my video is not detected in X mode.
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Can someone assist me with recovering/resetting the password for Root via Single User Mode in CentOS v5? I've modified the kernel line using Single, S, and 1 but it appears that these commands are being totally ignored as the server continues with the boot process and displays the GUI logon screen. The server in question is a VM box running on ESX v3.5 U4. The person that created this VM is no longer employed here and I've exhausted everything I know regarding Single User Mode.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI followed instructions to enter single user mode by adding single at the end of kernel line but after that it doesn't ask for root password but brings up the sh# prompt. Isn't that supposed to be insecure? I understand for this the grub password can be applied but even after adding "single" it should ask for root password..or it should not..??
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhen I go to single user mode for resetting root password, It ask root pawssword for login.The message displayed on prompt is "Give root password for login.On the boot prompt, I select kernel and press 'e' and after one space type 1 for single User mode and then press 'b' for booting.It shows message entering in single user mode but ask root password. Even I tried into rescue mode, but I couldn't ser root password.In rescue mode on prompt, It shows rescue login: I typed root, But when typed 'passwd' foe resetting root pawssword,It shows message unknown user and not authetication.
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