From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 14 11:50:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA21529 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 May 1998 11:50:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hotmail.com (f78.hotmail.com [207.82.250.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA21404 for ; Thu, 14 May 1998 11:49:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from giqu@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 10694 invoked by uid 0); 14 May 1998 18:49:04 -0000 Message-ID: <19980514184904.10693.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 206.111.133.31 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Thu, 14 May 1998 11:49:04 PDT X-Originating-IP: [206.111.133.31] From: "Giap Vu" To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Root user can't login Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:49:04 PDT Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Giap Vu wrote: > > I try to telnet my FreeBSD computer from a Windows 95 using the > root > > account and get the message "Login incorrect." I wonder if this is Dave answered: > Change the pty lines in /etc/ttys from lines like this: > ttyp0 none network > To lines like this: > ttyp0 none network secure > Then send a HUP to init: > kill -HUP 1 New problem: > This works perfectly without having to su root. However when I try, for > example, change the IP address by typing /stand/sysinstall; I get > the installation screen. But when I choose the "Configure" option by > using the arrow key, FreeBSD exits to the prompt. Try access by typing > c, there's nothing happens. Try other options I get same result. Dave wrote: >Hmm. this is troubling. I can imagine two sources of problems. >In the previous message, I really intended to imply that /all/ >the ttyXX lines be made secure. Perhaps sysinstall is using more >than one pty? This doesn't sound very likely to me. >Another possibility is that the terminal emulation that the W95 uses >is somehow wrong, and the "curses" interface of sysinstall is unhappy >with it. >After loggin in to the BSD box, what does BSD think your terminal >is? (echo $TERM) >When logging into the BSD box, does the vi editor work as expected? >That is a good test of terminal emulation. I checked: - All the lines ttypX were changed to "network secure." - echo $TERM returns ANSI. - vi works fine. - In addition, I also test on NT 4.0. The result is the same. Quite frustrating hah. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message