[Fedora-livecd-list] live fedora 8 cd - login: no shell: Permission denied

Jerry ltx at charter.net
Sun Feb 3 04:18:21 UTC 2008


Thanks.  I'll give it a try tomorrow. I've had enough for
today :-)

Thanks for your help.

Jerry


Tim Wood wrote:
> FWIW... be very careful when doing what I just suggested.  And, just in 
> case, do the following (just in case).  Open a terminal window.  su (to 
> root).  make a backup of /etc/password somewhere else.  Leave that 
> window open.  Open a new terminal window and build your LiveCD.  Then, 
> if the kickstart causes your system (rather than the livecd's) 
> /etc/password to be overwritten, you'll still have a root window open 
> and you _should_ be able to copy back the backup.  At a worst case 
> scenario, you can boot off of a livecd and restore the backup of 
> /etc/password.
> 
> Tim Wood
> 
> 
> ltx wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, I can't seem to find any docs that mention what the
>> password is.
>>
>> I did put the rootpw line in and it does appear that the
>> log in works since I get the 'Last Login' message and
>> I get the message from /etc/motd, but then it complains
>> that there is 'no shell: Permission denied'
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> Tim Wood wrote:
>>> Good question that I don't have the answer to.  Since I always 
>>> forget, I started overiding it by adding this to the kickstart:
>>>
>>> # Set root password
>>> rootpw iamroot
>>>
>>> If it's not a space issue, modify /etc/inittab during post and change 
>>> the runlevel from 5 to 3.  If /etc/inittab doesn't make sense to you, 
>>> post again and I'll copy and paste the particular line.
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ltx wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Tim,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the quick reply.  I was hoping to avoid all the
>>>> graphics since this is more for utility work and will be
>>>> booted often.
>>>>
>>>> Even if I went to the KDE desktop kickstart file what would
>>>> the root password be?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Jerry
>>>>
>>>> Tim Wood wrote:
>>>>> One 'feature' of the minimal is that login is disabled.  The kde 
>>>>> desktop is a good starter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim Wood
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ltx wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to build a basic Fedora 8 livecd to use as
>>>>>> a vehicle to flash a card I am working on.  The flash
>>>>>> utility works from linux running from the hard drive
>>>>>> so that is not a concern at the moment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My problem - I can't log in!  The iso builds fine with
>>>>>> command;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> livecd-creator --config=./livecd-fedora-minimal.ks --fslabel=Fedora8
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I boot from it, or use qemu to test, I can't log into root
>>>>>> or another id that I create in the kiskstart file. I followed
>>>>>> the instructions at 
>>>>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/LiveCDHowTo
>>>>>> which are great, but they even point out that the 
>>>>>> livecd-fedora-minimal.ks
>>>>>> kickstart file found in /usr/share/livecd-tools will not let you 
>>>>>> log in.
>>>>>> (unless you go to all full desktop environment - which I don't 
>>>>>> need/want)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I noticed that the minimal kickstart file disabled the root id,
>>>>>> so I removed that and scoured the net and found that kickstart 
>>>>>> command
>>>>>> rootpw allows you to set the root password.   That gave me some
>>>>>> progress.   Now when I try to log in to root I get these messages;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Last login: time date...
>>>>>> Welcome to my world           (this is what I put in /etc/motd)
>>>>>> login: no shell: Permission denied.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, several questions:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1 - What is wrong with my kickstart file (below) that prevents
>>>>>>     me from logging in?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2 - Is there any collections of kickstart files available (other than
>>>>>>     those that come with the livecd-tools packages?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3 - Where can I find the kickstart file options documented?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, my build environment is Fedora 8 (x86_64) with all the latest
>>>>>> updates.  I point to the x86 mirrors so I can use the CD on older
>>>>>> machines.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd appreciate any help you can offer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>> Jerry
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> lang en_US.UTF-8
>>>>>> keyboard us
>>>>>> timezone US/Eastern
>>>>>> #auth --useshadow --enablemd5
>>>>>> selinux --disabled
>>>>>> firewall --disabled
>>>>>> firstboot --disable
>>>>>> #root password
>>>>>> rootpw emulex
>>>>>> part / --size 1024
>>>>>>
>>>>>> repo --name=released 
>>>>>> --mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-8&arch=i386 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> repo --name=updates  
>>>>>> --mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f8&arch=i386 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> %packages
>>>>>> @core
>>>>>> bash
>>>>>> kernel
>>>>>> passwd
>>>>>> policycoreutils
>>>>>> chkconfig
>>>>>> authconfig
>>>>>> rootfiles
>>>>>>
>>>>>> %post
>>>>>> # FIXME: it'd be better to get this installed from a package
>>>>>> cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/fedora-live << EOF
>>>>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>>>> #
>>>>>> # live: Init script for live image
>>>>>> #
>>>>>> # chkconfig: 345 00 99
>>>>>> # description: Init script for live image.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> . /etc/init.d/functions
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if ! strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" liveimg || [ "\$1" != "start" 
>>>>>> ] || [ -e /.liveimg-configured ] ; then
>>>>>>     exit 0
>>>>>> fi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> exists() {
>>>>>>     which \$1 >/dev/null 2>&1 || return
>>>>>>     \$*
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> touch /.liveimg-configured
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # mount live image
>>>>>> if [ -b /dev/live ]; then
>>>>>>    mkdir -p /mnt/live
>>>>>>    mount -o ro /dev/live /mnt/live
>>>>>> fi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # add a user
>>>>>> useradd -c "Jerry" jerry
>>>>>> echo 'password' | passwd --stdin jerry
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # read some variables out of /proc/cmdline
>>>>>> for o in \`cat /proc/cmdline\` ; do
>>>>>>     case \$o in
>>>>>>     ks=*)
>>>>>>         ks="\${o#ks=}"
>>>>>>         ;;
>>>>>>     xdriver=*)
>>>>>>         xdriver="--set-driver=\${o#xdriver=}"
>>>>>>         ;;
>>>>>>     esac
>>>>>> done
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # Stopgap fix for RH #217966; should be fixed in HAL instead
>>>>>> touch /media/.hal-mtab
>>>>>> EOF
>>>>>>
>>>>>> chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/fedora-live
>>>>>> #/sbin/restorecon /etc/rc.d/init.d/fedora-live
>>>>>> /sbin/chkconfig --add fedora-live
>>>>>>
>>>>>> echo "Welcome to my world" > /etc/motd
>>>>>>
>>>>>> %end
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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