Authentication for Single User Mode

This section describes the procedure to require authentication for single user mode.

Perform the following steps for each and every server in the topology:

1. Log in as admusr on the server.

   login: admusr
   Password: <current admin user password>

2. Run the following command to check out the file init and grep for variable PermitUserEnvironment in the file:

   $ sudo rcstool co /etc/sysconfig/init
   $ grep ^SINGLE /etc/sysconfig/init
   

3. If no result is returned, run the following command:

   $ sudo echo "SINGLE=/sbin/sulogin" >> /etc/sysconfig/init

   If some result is returned after performing Step 2, then run the following command:

   $ sudo sed -i "s/SINGLE.*/SINGLE=\/sbin\/sulogin/g" /etc/sysconfig/init

4. Run the following command to check in the file init:

   $ sudo rcstool ci /etc/sysconfig/init