Restart: PSARC/2008/321 - No Root Login

[Darren J Moffat]

Scott Rotondo wrote:
> Darren J Moffat wrote:
>> Post this case I expect it will look like this
>> -----------------------------------------------
>>
>> Requesting System Maintenance Mode
>> SINGLE USER MODE
>>
>> Enter username (control-d to bypass): darrenm
> 
> Implementation suggestion: It would be nice for hitting carriage return 
> at this point to be acceptable as a synonym for "root". I don't think 
> it's necessary to clutter the prompt with that information, but it would 
> be a reasonable interpretation for a null string entered at this prompt.

IMO that is not an implementation issue but an interface.  If the 
project team intends to take you up on that then I believe it should be 
part of the spec.

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Darren J Moffat