From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 16 13:45:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA17451 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:45:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA17439 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:45:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA08529; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:45:44 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA25415; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:45:43 -0700 Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:45:43 -0700 Message-Id: <199812162145.OAA25415@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: The Hermit Hacker Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd serial console problem... In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Since my 3.0 machine is several thousand kilometers away, we have the > serial console enabled, and plugged inot a port on a Portmaster 2e > terminal server...all of a sudden, it won't allow me to login anymore, > even thogh I can 'see' the boot sequence and any error messages on teh > screen: > > FreeBSD (hub.org) (ttyd0) > login: root > Password:Login timed out after 300 seconds > > FreeBSD (hub.org) (ttyd0) > login: > > The password I type is correct, as I can 'su' in a shell using the > same one...it just doesn't let me login through the console... Look at /etc/ttys to make sure 'secure' is set on the console. # # @(#)ttys 5.1 (Berkeley) 4/17/89 # # name getty type status comments # # This entry needed for asking password when init goes to single-user mode # If you want to be asked for password, change "secure" to "insecure" here console none unknown off secure Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message