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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

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