On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 03:04:05PM -0500, Steve Clark wrote: > Hello List, > > I want to boot into single user mode and run a script automatically. > > I have been looking for a couple of hours and have found one solution I don't like. > > How can I get the shell that is started in single user mode to run a script. My one solution > was to add a profile in /etc/profile.d/ that called the script. Is this the only way to do it? > wild guess here: 1. make this a username that isn't used for any other purpose 2. try setting the default shell in /etc/password, for that user, to run the script. This may require some experimentation to find the correct incantation. no clue if it'll work, haven't tried it. good luck! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) -----------------------------