On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Ed D. Wright wrote:

> Greetings from Los Angeles.
> 
[Esa wrote ...]
> ...It change kernel security level from 0 to 1 then that error comes:
> ...its prompt to sceen following:
> 
> ..."init: can't exec getty 'usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/tty00:
> ...permission denied"
> 
> ...I found Your hint from Netbsd FAQ:s and change that /etc/ttys how You
> ...tell to change but it wont help. Then I try to mount that  
> /dev/tty00 to
> .../usr/libexec/getty but it said "need bolck device" and wont work...

Ack! mount is a command used for file systems on disk partitions. tty00 is
the name of the device node for the modem serial port. The two don't mix!

> I have the same problem with my Quadra 630 installing 1.3.2.  Single user
> mode was fine.  Can't get past getty in multi user mode.
> 
> Another problem.  When I boot back into single user mode using the  
> booter,
> permission is read only, so I can't reset rc.conf.  I had to rm rc.conf
> from the mini-shell then reinstall /etc.

Boot multi-user. The rc scripts will notice that rc.conf is NOT set up,
and will automaticly boot you to a single-user prompt, but this time root
will be mounted read-write, so you can edit rc.conf. 

> What's the solution to the getty problem????

What are the permissions on /dev/tty00? You did remember to make devices,
didn't you?

Take care,

Bill