Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:44:14 -0700 From: John Zwiebel <jzwiebel@cisco.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: /etc/ttys and "headless" systems Message-ID: <39AEC39E.FB5F6C27@cisco.com>
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HI: Can I ask you guys to consider doing something to help out folks who have headless systems? By default you don't enable the serial console in /etc/ttys. I realize that its important to have the extra security. However, I can't tell you the number of times this has frustrated me when loading a new version of FreeBSD. Although I make sure that I have a username that I can use to telnet in with and then SU to, and then the first thing I do is to manually change /etc/ttys so I can get getty running on the serial console and can log in as root. For some "god only knows" reason, this doesn't always work for me. When I reboot, I end up with no way to get into my PC. (Yes, I "should" be able to use the fixit floppy, but that's never worked for me and I've never figured out enough systems information to determine what it is I need to do.) So, I'd appreciate it if you'd consider making the serial console on by default. I recognize that there are conflicting goals to be achieved here and that there are probably very few installations like the one I have (no VGA card no keyboard, no mouse, just a serial console). Thanks for considering it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Zwiebel Phone: 408-526-5303 Cisco Systems Inc. IP Multicast Group To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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