Very Computer

by **Matt Fost** » Wed, 21 May 1997 04:00:00

: This problem occurs on our HP 755 and C110 workstations running HP-UX
: 9.07. We are using NIS (SunOs 4.1.4 master). There is a :+ at the bottom
: the /etc/group file on the HP clients. Any ideas would be appreciated.
:

: Anthony J. Lennon

Trying to do a NIS lookup of all of roots groups, when in fact
the network is not started, so it may take some time?

by **Anthony J. Lennon - System Admi** » Wed, 21 May 1997 04:00:00

I was having trouble booting single user mode from the ISL prompt (using
the command ISL> hpux -is boot ); the system would attempt to enter single
user mode, but would end up just scrolling "Init: Single User Mode" on the
display (at which point I would have to reboot).

After much trial and error I determined that the problem was caused by a
link from /etc/group to /etc/logingroup. When I remove this link, I have
no trouble entering single user mode. The problem occurs with both
symbollic and hard links. If I copy /etc/group to /etc/logingroup, I can
enter single user mode, but do not see all my groups using the group
command (only my primary group is displayed).

This problem occurs on our HP 755 and C110 workstations running HP-UX
9.07. We are using NIS (SunOs 4.1.4 master). There is a :+ at the bottom
the /etc/group file on the HP clients. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Anthony J. Lennon