Subject: Re: arrgh, almost there!
To: Gordon Zaft <zaft@ece.arizona.edu>
From: David Evans <dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/23/1997 20:28:13
Gordon Zaft wrote:
>
> 1) I have no 'tty' devices in /dev. When I run MAKEDEV it
> runs for a bit, then just hangs. I mentioned this before with no
> response..
>
I can't remember whether you said you're running the "new" 1.2G kernel from
July 26th or so. If not, get it.
> 2) I can't login as root from the console (I can login as
> a non-prived user). I get a message about root logins not accepted
> from the console. I don't understand this since my understanding was
> that if the 'console' line in /etc/ttys said 'secure' that I should be
> able to login okay. Any ideas?
>
The entry in /etc/ttys on my machine is like:
console "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt220 on secure
> Thanks in advance. Thanks also to Dave McGuire who reminded me
> to SYNC when copying the kernel!
>
Uh, easn't that me? ;-)
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