On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 08:45:42PM -0500, Chris Tribo wrote:
> I just installed a system from 2.99.14 from Sunday's sources and when I
> try to log in from serial console I get root login refused on this
> terminal.
> 
> If I switch the /etc/ttys entry from tty00 to ttyZ0 and kill -HUP 1 it
> suddenly works. /dev/tty00 is sym linked to point to ttyZ0. Why would the
> actual device work and not the sym link work? Does that sound like a bug
> in getty or am I missing something? Does this happen to anyone else?

This will depend on what tty you appear to be on.  The lookup is based
on the name.  If you had a line in /etc/ttys that showed 'secure' for
ttyZ0, that probably would have worked.

I'm not sure if that really is a bug or not.

-allen

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