init/login problems

[Igor Gueths]

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Thx for the reply. I fixed the problem by editing 
/etc/securetty/inittab.
On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:56:37PM -0600, Joseph C. Lininger wrote:
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> Try these solutions. First, check permitions on /dev/tty<n> where <n> is 
> the number of the tty. Second, ensure teh lines in inittab read correctly.
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> c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
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> Increment the number for each console. There are two problems I see with 
> your example. First, list the terminal type (linux). Second, use agetty not 
> getty. Finally, root logins won't work unless all of the tty's you want to 
> login in as root from are listed in /etc/securetty
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> From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:34 PM
> Subject: init/login problems
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> >Hi all. i just installed Slackware-9.1. After finding out that dhclient
> >was broken, I used dhcpcd and got an IP from the router over here.
> >However, I noticed that only 5 ttys were enabled, so I edited inittab
> >just like I did on my previous Debian system to add 6 more consoles. The
> >syntax in inittab is: console:1235:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 <tty>.
> >Example: c6:1235:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
> >
> >And I did this for all 12 ttys. Granted, I got the 12
> >consoles...However, I can't login as root in consoles 6-12, nor can I
> >login as user (the account being igueths). All the other accounts I
> >created could login just fine. Could my problem be something with the
> >UID's not being set propperly? Also, init is periodically respawning
> >process when it shouldn't be i.e., I get messages about certain consoles
> >respawning too fast. Anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this? Quite
> >honestly, I've never seen this type of behavior before on a pretty much
> >newly installed system. Thanks!
> >spawning too fa
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