Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:37:07 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su problem Message-ID: <4FD729E3.6070405@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <E1Sdgh0-0000tK-Fs@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il> References: <201206101128.q5ABShXN007826@lurza.secnetix.de> <E1Sdgh0-0000tK-Fs@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il>
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On 6/10/12 1:52 PM, Daniel Braniss wrote: >> Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi Oliver, >> > I saw you had similar problem for console on 2010 >> > http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Serial-console-problems-with-stab=le-8-td3950684.html >> >> No, I don't think that the problem is related. My problem >> was with the serial console, while you don't have a serial >> console attached at all (at least you didn't mention it). >> >> > but the thread wasn't ended by recommendation or conclusions by you. >> > >> > did you solve that problem then? >> >> No, I came to the conclusion that the serial console support >> in FreeBSD 8 was broken somehow. So I removed the console >> cable; it's running with an old VGA CRT as the console for >> now. Fortunately I require console access very seldom, so >> I don't have to drive to that machine often. It's still >> annoying, but I didn't find a better solution; downgrading >> to 7.x isn't an option. >> > just for the record, serial on 8.x works fine! the device naming has changed > from sio to uart, and maybe some features. We use it on all our servers, even > redirecting it where possible via ILO,IMPI,DRAC. and is great for debuging > or saving long trips :-) > > WARNING: control access to these devices, specialy since root can login > on the console! > > danny > Daniel, would you kindly elaborate on the DRAC console redirection thingy ? We're using Dells here and I loathe having to use their web interface and the java app to get a console shell.
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