[solved] problem: noautologin doesnt work

[Ztoragefool]

i dont see any effect using noautologin as bootparameter. already read and tried some stuff, but i dont get it.

installed tc 3.3 64bit on ext4 partition. (but also tried earlier on 3.2 - no effect)

installed xorg. maybe this is of some importance, since i also noticed an issue changing to console pressing alt-f1.

already set tc's password using 'passwd'. ssh login works fine. shadow gets saved on reboot.

using "secure" wont ask me anything, using "noautologin" wont prevent to autologin to gui.

any ideas?

[gerald_clark]

I have been using noautologin successfully.
Have you modified .profile?

[Ztoragefool]

nope - it's in it's original state

[maro]

Have you confirmed that 'noautologin' is really amongst your boot codes (e.g. via cat /proc/cmdline) and that the "marker file" (i.e. '/etc/sysconfig/noautologin') exists (albeit being of zero bytes size)?

[Ztoragefool]

ohhh myyy...

thx for the tip, it´s been missing in /proc/cmdline.

my mistake. few weeks ago, nano wrapped long textlines in my boot config, so i took the opportunity to check whether extlinux can handle multiple lines. relying on the wrong indicators i thought it tested positive. now see clear regarding some oddities...

thanks again!