Hi,

This is now fix in current (IIRC). I posted a fix some time ago:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-mac68k/2006/05/04/0000.html

Changing ttyE0 to ttyZ0 in /etc/ttys makes the things work also for root.
As Hauke explained sometime in email the problem in your case is that
ttyE0 is a symbolic link to the real device (ttyZ0) and that is why the
root can not login (I think this is also the case of Q700).

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Johny.


On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Randy Beaudreault wrote:

> When I try to login and logout via serial console to my newly
> upgraded to 3.1 Quadra 700 I encounter the three following issues:
>
> 1)  I can't login as root:
> login: root
> Password:
> Feb 27 12:22:00 GuardianII login: LOGIN root REFUSED ON TTY ttyZ0
> Login incorrect or refused on this terminal.
> Is this a security feature to console login now?
>
> 2)  When I do login with a non-root account I get the following:
> NetBSD 3.1 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Oct 31 04:42:59 UTC 2006
>
> Welcome to NetBSD!
>
> tset: terminal type su is unknown
> Terminal type? vt220
> I have the proper terminal type listed in /etc/ttys:
> #
> #       $NetBSD: ttys,v 1.17 2004/06/20 21:30:27 christos Exp $
> #       from: @(#)ttys  5.1 (Berkeley) 4/17/89
> #
> # name  getty                           type    status          comments
> #
> # If the console is marked insecure, single-user requires
> # the root password.
> console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   off secure
>
> # Define the console that we actually run getty on.
> ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   off secure
>
> # Hardwired lines are marked off, by default, so getty(8)
> # is quiet when they don't exist.
> tty00   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt220   on secure
> tty01   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
> tty02   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
> tty03   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
> tty04   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
> tty05   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
> tty06   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
> tty07   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
>
> 3)  I get the following message upon logout:
> Mar  8 08:34:00 GuardianII login: pam_sm_close_session(): no utmp
> record for tty
> Z0
> I don't get this one.
>
> Am I doing anything wrong here?  (Besides the obvious of a root login
> remotely.)
> --
> Randy
>
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>