At 05:32 PM 10/30/99 -0400, Matthew Orgass wrote:
>On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Bruce Martin wrote:
>
>> I am trying to put the smallest set of files possible onto a system, that
>> will alow the system to boot up, prompt the user for a login and password,
>> and then allow the login if the user and password is correct. Can anyone
>> tell me what the smallest set of files I can include is, or is there a
>> document somewhere on the boot process of NetBSD?
>
>  Hmm... I think you could get by with (see the man pages for each):
>1) a kernel
>2) /sbin/init
>3) /etc/ttys
>4) /usr/libexec/getty
>5) /usr/bin/login
>6) /etc/master.passwd, /etc/pwd.db, /etc/spwd.db, /etc/passwd
>7) /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb && /usr/bin/passwd (only to change passwords)
>8) whatever you want to happen when they login :)

what about device files?

Nick Maniscalco
nm@vt.edu

>Matthew Orgass
>darkstar@pgh.net