Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 18:19:54 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd serial console problem... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812161819280.25328-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <199812162145.OAA25415@mt.sri.com>
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On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Nate Williams wrote:
> > 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.
First thing I thought about, and it is set to secure ...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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