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sultanoswing

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Registered: 2008-07-23

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Can't login to shell after fiddling with inittab

Seeking that extra few seconds saving on boot time, I adjusted a few settings according to the Wiki article, http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Twe … _boot_time.

# /etc/inittab

id:3:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:once:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:once:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:once:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:once:/sbin/sulogin -p

c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/2 linux
#c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/3 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# End of file

As a result of (I think) using the above inittab, I can no longer login to the shell ie. on ctrl-alt-F# to the shell, the login prompt comes up, but on entering username and p/w (including the root), it pauses then the login prompt appears again.

I suspect this is because the login manager has been intentionally removed from the inittab file, but how to restore it?

Thanks!

Last edited by sultanoswing (2009-02-15 17:37:07)

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