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- From: msdloem@cs.vu.nl (Loemban Tobing MSD)
- Subject: Re: root login refused on some terminals, can't see kermit prompt.
- Message-ID: <BzAvJ7.6nM@cs.vu.nl>
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- Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 12:18:42 GMT
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- Chuck Lunskis (chuck@perlab.eas.asu.edu) wrote:
- : I've got two problems, that I can't solve... I've look in the FAQ, and
- : didn't see anything related to either, so here goes...
-
- : Why is root login refused on some terminals? I've encountered this in
- : two places. first, I've added a couple extra getty calls in inittab so I can
- : login to tty5 and tty6, but if I try to login as root, I get the message
- : "root login refused on this terminal." Same thing happens if I try to login
- : as root from an xterm. What do I need to do to fix this?
-
- : Second problem I've seen mentioned in the past, but apparently missed the
- : solution... I'm using minicom, and when I start up kermit, I never see the
- : kermit command prompt. How to fix this?
-
- : I'm running version 0.99.
-
- : Thanx in advance for any help.
- You should edit the file /etc/securetty and add lines with the tty's from which
- you want to login as root.
- : Chuckster
- : +----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
- : |chuck@perlab.eas.asu.edu | God is love; |
- : | | Satan is 30 and up one set. |
- : | Chuck Lunskis | |
- : +----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
- Martin
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