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- From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: getty/login problems
- Message-ID: <5445@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 05:46:48 GMT
- References: <2802@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
- Organization: Manchester Computing Centre, Manchester, England, M13 9PL.
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- In article <2802@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> pdp@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU (Paul Douglas Page) writes:
- >When you try and log in via one of the serial ports ttys1 or ttys2, you get
- >the login prompt but as soon as you type a character it does not display but
- >just respawns the login promts again. Local consoles log in fine.
-
- This behaviour might possibly occur if you have an /etc/nologin file, or
- if the serial ports are not in /etc/securetty.
-
- >One thing I noticed is the /dev/ttys1 &2 files keep changing their group back
- >to system though I set them to other.
-
- Several programs change the group and owner of devices, login among them.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- -- Owen
- LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
-