reassign 496708 sysv-rc merge 443247 496708 thanks On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 03:01:59PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> Since current behavior starts services not intended for single user > mode, it might pose some security risk. > After booting into single-user mode I did a big dist-upgrade (via > aptitude). As part of the setup for libpam0g it gave me a list of > services that needed to be restarted, which I accepted. kdm was among > the services "restarted" (it was not running). To my surprise, this > brought up a graphical login screen, which did allow me to login. I > was able to switch back to the installation screen with ctl-alt-F1. > Other virtual terminals (e.g., vt2) continued not to offer a login > prompt. > I expected that services that were not run at runlevel 1 would not > be started up. pam is using the standard invoke-rc.d interface which all maintainer scripts are supposed to use. This is a bug in sysv-rc for not implementing a correct policy in single-user mode, and has previously been reported; reassigning to sysv-rc and merging with that report. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
