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Re: itp: static bins / resolving static debian issues



Justin Wells <jread@semiotek.com> writes:

> OK. Then ash should be installed and it should be static, and that 
> should be root's shell. If you are going to succeed in live recovery,
> there *MUST* be a way to get yourself into a static shell as root.

> If root's shell isn't static, then how do you do that? I think you 
> also need static su and sulogin.

Type "linux init=/bin/sash" at the bootloader prompt.

If you want to be able to log in as root while the system is up but
has a broken libc, then you need a static init, getty, and login, as
well.  And inetd and telnetd or sshd if you want to do it remotely.
And so on...

	- Ruud de Rooij.
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