Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 20:17:47 +0300 From: Bashar <big@kuwaitnet.net> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/console: No such file or directory Message-ID: <42C57ABB.8020109@kuwaitnet.net> In-Reply-To: <20050701092930.GD83739@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <42C4D368.9070103@kuwaitnet.net> <20050701092930.GD83739@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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True its set to on, but i believe this change was requested from the DC to enable the remote console for the box. would turning it off effect the remote console from working? Peter Jeremy wrote: >On Fri, 2005-Jul-01 08:23:52 +0300, Bashar wrote: > > >>i noticed one of my boxes had the message "init: can't exec getty 'none' >>for port /dev/console: No such file or directory" into messages and >>repeating forever. >> >> > >You should have the following line in /etc/ttys: >console none unknown off secure > >The only change you can validly make to this line is to change 'secure' >to 'insecure' but I suspect you've changed 'off' to 'on'. > >Try turning the console back off and sending a SIGHUP to init. > >
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