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Bug#366541: Bug#366546: [Debian] login: please move nologin under /bin directory



On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 02:08:46PM +0300, Jari Aalto+mail.linux wrote:
| On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 08:52:28AM +0300, Jari Aalto+mail.linux wrote:
| >FHS 2.3 reads
| >
| >    <http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#BINESSENTIALUSERCOMMANDBINARIES>
| >    /bin contains commands that may be used by both the system
| > administrator and by users, but which are required | > when no other filesystems are mounted (e.g. in single user mode).
| >          ============================================================
| [snip]
| >As Debian follows the FHS, the correct place here seems to be
| >/bin according to FHS. (as where "login" is also located)
| | Could you please explain how nologin is required in single user mode?

I was more reading the mounting part if nologin resided on /usr/bin

Ok, still please explain. A system that doesn't have /usr mounted isn't a system in normal operation. What about nologin makes it *essential* for system recovery or otherwise required for a system in an extraordinary state?

Mike Stone




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