From: A. V. Le Blanc (zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk)
Date: 07/27/92


From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
Subject: Re: Newbie Linuxer & misc. Qs (LONG!)
Date: 27 Jul 1992 06:20:31 GMT

In article <1992Jul26.220519.18078@sura.net> vargish@sura.net (Nick Vargish) writes:
>2. Can only log-in as "root". This is a big problem. I have tried
....
> username (vargish) and Linux spits out the text in the file
> "/etc/nologin".

The file /etc/rc should contain the command 'rm -f /etc/nologin'.
This file, which is created by the reboot command, prevents non-root
users from logging in unless it is deleted.

>4. Mtools sometimes can't initialize my floppies, and sometimes can't
> even see them (depending on what random numbers I'm using in
> /etc/mtools).

You should have

     A /dev/fd0 12 0 0 0
     B /dev/fd1 12 0 0 0

for the floppy entries in /etc/mtools.

     -- Owen
     LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk