Subject: Re: tty problem?
To: John Klos <john@ziaspace.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/25/2004 17:53:30
--AsxXAMtlQ5JHofzM
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 08:36:38AM +0000, John Klos wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> NetBSD 2.0, compiled from a few days ago, has an interesting problem. The=
=20
> machine is a G4 with a G4Port (or whatever it's called), set up to boot=
=20
> using the serial port instead of video / keyboard.
>=20
> /etc/ttys:
> console "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  vt100   off secure
> ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   off secure
> tty00   "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600"  vt100   on secure
>=20
> When I log in via the serial port, then log out, I end up with a login=20
> line (from "w") which has root listed as the user (but I obviously didn't=
=20
> log in as root). It doesn't go away.

It might be that the ownership of the tty didn't get changed when you=20
logged in. Thus the w log got the wrong tty owner.

Take care,

Bill

--AsxXAMtlQ5JHofzM
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (NetBSD)

iD8DBQFBfaAKWz+3JHUci9cRAhVYAJ4lXhoIx2FNSiX1yXb0D5LFlCG6dgCfUTt/
2pZKm15mc2roDa1whGvS8p4=
=UV1c
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--AsxXAMtlQ5JHofzM--