3 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rescue/tree/etc/fstab b/rescue/tree/etc/fstab
index fbafb7801..148dcd4b4 100644
--- a/rescue/tree/etc/fstab
+++ b/rescue/tree/etc/fstab
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /dev/ram3 / ext2 defaults 1 1
 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto defaults,noauto 0 0
 none /proc proc defaults,noauto,ro 0 0
+devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults,noauto,rw 0 0
 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto defaults,noauto 0 0
diff --git a/rescue/tree/etc/issue b/rescue/tree/etc/issue
index d4aee6d89..c5a4c7fb8 100644
--- a/rescue/tree/etc/issue
+++ b/rescue/tree/etc/issue
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ Use [1;33;40mloadkeys[0m to change your keyboard layout (eg: loadkeys fr)
 Use [1;33;40mmodprobe[0m to load modules (eg: modprobe snd-card-fm801)
 Use [1;33;40mdrvinst[0m to install drivers according to detected devices
 Use [1;33;40mlsparts[0m to list your partitions with types
+Use [1;33;40mstartssh[0m to start an ssh daemon
 Use [1;33;40mrescue-gui[0m to go back to the rescue menu
 
diff --git a/rescue/tree/etc/rc.sysinit b/rescue/tree/etc/rc.sysinit
index e5164dd45..39d7dec6b 100755
--- a/rescue/tree/etc/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rescue/tree/etc/rc.sysinit
@@ -11,14 +11,20 @@ echo -e "\t\t\tWelcome to \\033[1;36mMageia\\033[0;39m Linux"
 action "Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode" mount -n -o remount,rw /
 
 ln -s /tmp/stage2/etc/* /etc 2>/dev/null
+# make passwd changable
+rm -f /etc/passwd
+cp /tmp/stage2/etc/passwd /etc/
 
 rm -f /dev ; cp -a /tmp/stage2/dev /dev
 
-mkdir -p /mnt /var/log
+mkdir -p /mnt /var/log /dev/pts
 
 >/etc/mtab
 mount -f /
 mount -f /proc
+# mount /dev/pts and link /dev/ptmx so dropbear works
+mount /dev/pts
+ln -s /dev/pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx
 
 # Set the hostname.
 action "Setting hostname rescue" hostname rescue