From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 25 10: 4:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from insws8502.gs.com (insws8502.gs.com [204.4.182.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6338937B601 for ; Thu, 25 May 2000 10:04:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stephen.chan@gs.com) Received: from insmo8501.inz.gs.com (insmo8501.inz.gs.com [192.168.116.25]) by insws8502.gs.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2626F1BE6E for ; Thu, 25 May 2000 13:04:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gsny17a.wan.gs.com (gsny17a.wan.gs.com [138.8.220.64]) by insmo8501.inz.gs.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 169DE2E84A for ; Thu, 25 May 2000 13:04:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 138.8.220.34 by gsny17a.wan.gs.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Thu, 25 May 2000 13:04:34 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Received: from gsny15e.et.gs.com (gsny15e.et.gs.com [148.86.94.24]) by nbcppsh01.wan.gs.com (8.9.1a/8.9.0/postoffice1) with ESMTP id NAA22204 for ; Thu, 25 May 2000 13:04:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: by gsny15e.et.gs.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Thu, 25 May 2000 13:04:18 -0400 Message-ID: <6BCBBDF4762DD311815000902762CD4901971B7D@gsny15e.et.gs.com> From: "Chan, Stephen (IT)" To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Almost there but can't get serial console login to work on FreeBS D 4.0 Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 13:04:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I need help getting login to work from a serial console. If anyone has ideas, I would appreciate a reply via email. Thanks! Setup: - FreeBSD 4.0 - COM 1 as the login - /etc/ttys: "ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure" - boot with -p, and FreeBSD detects a serial console - I get the boot up messages on the screen - no keyboard plugged in - Dell Optiplex GX1 Problem: I get the login prompt on my serial console. I type in a userid (root or non-root) hit and I get the password prompt. When i type in the password and hit things just hang. After a few minutes I get the login prompt again. When i do a ps -auxww (by plugging in a monitor and a keyboard), I see a login -p and also a login -p . It seems like the passwd that I had typed was used as another login id and that the login process never really got my passwd. Strange... -Steve Stephen Chan Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Tel: 212-902-5475 Fax: 212-428-9899 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message