From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 13 08:41:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 220C016A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 08:41:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 961C843D39 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 08:41:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) iAD8fhv56874; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:41:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Doug Hardie" Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:41:43 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 In-Reply-To: <6FCD9DAC-3545-11D9-900C-000393681B06@lafn.org> cc: f-questions List Subject: RE: Root login at console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 08:41:46 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Doug Hardie > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:27 PM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: f-questions List > Subject: Re: Root login at console > > > Thanks. I just checked ttys in my 4.6 system and they all say secure. > I see the instructions in ttys now and that makes sense. A quick check > also shows it works. I guess there was a bug in 4.6. The instructions > seem to indicate that removing the secure keyword is all that is > required. Thats what I checked and it worked. I presume thats the > same as using the insecure key which I really didn't see mentioned. > Not exactly, depends on the version. On FBSD version 10, in the /etc/ttys file the following line is present: # If console is marked "insecure", then init will ask for the root password # when going to single-user mode. Perhaps if you use something other than secure or insecure, init won't ask for the root password? I don't know, never tried it. Insecure is what has been used in the past, by convention, if your not using 'secure' Possibly to make things more obvious? Ted