How to Force a sulogin Prompt If the system/filesystem/local:default Service Fails During Boot

Local file systems that are not required to boot the Solaris OS are mounted by the svc:/system/filesystem/local:default service. When any of those file systems are unable to be mounted, the service enters a maintenance state. System startup continues, and any services which do not depend on filesystem/local are started. Services which require filesystem/local to be online before starting through dependencies are not started.

To change the configuration of the system so that a sulogin prompt appears immediately after the service fails instead of allowing system startup to continue, follow the procedure below.

1. Modify the system/console-login service.

   # svccfg -s svc:/system/console-login svc:/system/console-login> addpg site,filesystem-local dependency svc:/system/console-login> setprop site,filesystem-local/entities = fmri: svc:/system/filesystem/local svc:/system/console-login> setprop site,filesystem-local/grouping = astring: require_all svc:/system/console-login> setprop site,filesystem-local/restart_on = astring: none svc:/system/console-login> setprop site,filesystem-local/type = astring: service svc:/system/console-login> end

2. Refresh the service.

   # svcadm refresh console-login

Example 17–18 Forcing an sulogin Prompt Using Jumpstart

Save the following commands into a script and save it as /etc/rcS.d/S01site-customfs.

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script adds a dependency from console-login -> filesystem/local
# This forces the system to stop the boot process and drop to an sulogin prompt
# if any file system in filesystem/local fails to mount.

PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
export PATH

	svccfg -s svc:/system/console-login << EOF
addpg site,filesystem-local dependency
setprop site,filesystem-local/entities = fmri: svc:/system/filesystem/local
setprop site,filesystem-local/grouping = astring: require_all
setprop site,filesystem-local/restart_on = astring: none
setprop site,filesystem-local/type = astring: service
EOF

svcadm refresh svc:/system/console-login

[ -f /etc/rcS.d/S01site-customfs ] &&
    rm -f /etc/rcS.d/S01site-customfs

Troubleshooting

When a failure occurs with the system/filesystem/local:default service, the svcs -vx command should be used to identify the failure. After the failure has been fixed, the following command clears the error state and allows the system boot to continue: svcadm clear filesystem/local.