To Prevent Logins From Being Disabled After a Reboot

In the Trusted Solaris environment, the /etc/nologin file is created after boot and is not removed until a user with the Enable Logins authorization enables logins.

If your site's security policy allows, the Security Administrator role can edit the RMTMPFILES script in /etc/init.d to comment out the lines that recreate the /etc/nologin file. See "To Prevent Logins From Being Disabled After a Reboot", if changing the default is consistent with your site's security policy.

1. Assume the Security Administrator role and go to an ADMIN_LOW workspace.

2. Use the Admin Editor action to open the /etc/init.d/RMTMPFILES for editing.

   See "To Edit a Local File", if needed.

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   Note -

   Do not create a backup file in the /etc/init.d directory. Because all files in the startup directories are executed, the backup file would be executed after the changed version, so the /etc/nologin file would be re-created, and the effect of this procedure would be undone.

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3. Comment out the lines that disable logins after a reboot.

   Comment out the active lines as shown in the following screen.

   # cp /dev/null /etc/nologin # echo "" >> /etc/nologin # echo "NO LOGINS: System booted" >> /etc/nologin # echo "Logins must be enable by an authorized user." >> # /etc/nologin # echo "" >> /etc/nologin

4. Save and quit the file.

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