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Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference
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Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference

by Janice Winsor
September 2000
Beginner content levelBeginner
1312 pages
33h 47m
English
Pearson
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sulogin — Access Single-User Mode

Synopsis

sulogin

Description

The sulogin command is automatically invoked by init when the system is first started. It prompts the user to type the root password to enter system maintenance mode (single-user mode) or to type end-of-file (typically Control-D) for normal startup (multiuser mode). You should never directly invoke sulogin.

Files

/etc/default/sulogin
 Default value can be set for the following flag.
 PASSREQ Determine if login requires a password. Default is PASSREQ=YES.
/etc/default/login
 Default value can be set for the following flag.
 SLEEPTIME Set the number of seconds to wait before login failure is printed to the screen and another login attempt is allowed. Default is 4 seconds. Minimum ...
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