Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:45:43 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd serial console problem... Message-ID: <199812162145.OAA25415@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812161738390.25328-100000@thelab.hub.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812161738390.25328-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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> 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
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