Subject: Re: root login refused on tty ttySf
To: Rick Copeland <rickgc@calweb.com>
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/25/2000 20:17:02
There is a ttySf, it is port 16 on the CXA16. In the /etc/ttys it appears 
in the middle. Add 'secure' to it and it will let you login as root. Or 
login to the console.

--Chuck


At 03:33 AM 1/19/00 -0800, Rick Copeland wrote:
>I have loaded an older version of NetBSD (1.3, yes I know it is old) on one
>of my uVAX 3600's and it boots up fine and produces a login prompt.  When I
>login in as "root" and hit enter for the first time I get the following:
>
>login: root
>root login refused on this terminal
>login: LOGIN root REFUSED ON TTY ttySf
>
>What is "ttySf"? I have gone in as single user and checked out /etc/ttys,
>but there does not appear to be a "ttySf" that I can find.
>
>Also, I have a laptop connnected to the 3600 as a console, I use it with my
>other 3600's and it works just fine (using the same version of NetBSD).
>Can anyone tell me what the problem might be and how to fix it?
>
>TIA,
>
>RiCo