1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all, why "vi" acts differently is single user mode? Does anyone help ? I am using "x" to delete and it keeps messing up. Please help Thanks (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all, Well back at work and back to crashing systems again :-) Does anyone know where I can find some decent information on single user mode? I need to be able to fix a few things. Don't know if it's possible in single user mode but I need to fix the "etc/vfstab" mainly I re-wrote it to... (2 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

how do you boot into single user mode? RedHat 7.1 Caldera 2.4 (2 Replies)

4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Is there another way of switching to single user mode except by typing /usr/sbin/shutdown 0 ??? :rolleyes: (5 Replies)

5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

How to diable the single user mode.. what i want is dat my users are unable to boot in single user mode via GRUB.. (1 Reply)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How to enter single user mode when UNIX/LINUX system is starting? (1 Reply)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hello ppl, someone must be able to help with this --> I have an old NCR tower 32 with an ADDS terminal running a unix version 020102 (Im not sure if thats correct but its unix for sure). I have no user names and no passwords and need to login to read a tape. Is there any way to do that? I hear... (3 Replies)

8. Solaris

Hey all! I recently aquired a Sun V210 running Solaris 10. I got past the firmware password, and now I'm trying to get past the root password. I booted directly into single user mode from the ok prompt "boot cdrom -s" Once in.. every time I try to mount the harddrive "mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0... (9 Replies)

9. Solaris

Hi all I am new on sun OS. I have have little experience on linux. The Story start from this point: I want to put some script on start-up the terminal, but I cant do that. my shell was sh and I tried so much to find way to do that. at last someone said to me change your shell to bash. I ask how... (4 Replies)

10. Solaris

Dear All I am trying to install my os as : ok>boot cdrom - install but receiving the following : "IDprom checksum error getexecname() failed /sbin/rcS /etc/vfstab cannot create INIT:failed write utmpx enrty INIT:single user mode INIT:execle of /etc/sulogin failed Enter run level" Can you... (6 Replies)