Re: Cannot login on serial console
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 09:01:46PM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> Guenter Millahn wrote:
> >
> > Dear fellow Linux'ers,
> >
> > some days ago I installed an Ultra-80 with woody. But now I only
> > can login as root via OpenSSH.
> >
> > Console Login is impossible.
> >
> > The configuration:
> > Headless machine without Floppy/CDROM, 2 CPU, 1GB RAM, 18GB HD
> > with a serial DEC VT220 terminal.
> > Kernel 2.2.19-sun4u-smp.
> >
> > Any idea what's wrong???
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your time.
>
> Check you the file /etc/securetty and see if ttyS0 is in there. If
> not, add it! Just out of curiosity, did you do the install from a
> serial console? Because that's how I installed mine (potato, not
> woody) and it automagically added ttyS0 to my /etc/securetty.
Exactly. The install adds the serial console you installed from, if and
only if, you used one. Basically it assumes to be safe, rather than
relaxed on root login security.
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