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 primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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