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-rw-r--r--package/base-files/files/etc/banner.failsafe13
-rw-r--r--package/base-files/files/etc/profile1
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/banner.failsafe b/package/base-files/files/etc/banner.failsafe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14615e1ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/banner.failsafe
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+================= FAILSAFE MODE active ================
+special commands:
+* firstboot reset settings to factory defaults
+* mount_root mount root-partition with config files
+
+after mount_root:
+* passwd change root's password
+* /etc/config directory with config files
+
+for more help see:
+http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.failsafe
+=======================================================
+
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/profile b/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
index e9a7119f1a..3dd58e14f2 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/profile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
#!/bin/sh
[ -f /etc/banner ] && cat /etc/banner
+[ -e /tmp/.failsafe ] && cat /etc/banner.failsafe
export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin
export HOME=$(grep -e "^${USER:-root}:" /etc/passwd | cut -d ":" -f 6)