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Date:      Sat, 2 Jul 2005 05:36:35 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Bashar <big@kuwaitnet.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/console: No such file or directory
Message-ID:  <20050701193634.GE83739@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <42C57ABB.8020109@kuwaitnet.net>
References:  <42C4D368.9070103@kuwaitnet.net> <20050701092930.GD83739@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <42C57ABB.8020109@kuwaitnet.net>

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On Fri, 2005-Jul-01 20:17:47 +0300, Bashar wrote:
>Peter Jeremy wrote:
>>You should have the following line in /etc/ttys:
>>console none                            unknown off secure

>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?

No.  The 'console' entry is just a marker.  By "remote console" I presume
you mean "serial console".  The easiest way to get a serial console is
to put "-P" into /boot.config and unplug the keyboard.  (For other ways,
see boot(8) and sio(4)).

In order to enable logins on a serial console, you will need to turn on
the getty for ttyd0.

-- 
Peter Jeremy



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