Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 19:29:30 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Bashar <big@kuwaitnet.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/console: No such file or directory Message-ID: <20050701092930.GD83739@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <42C4D368.9070103@kuwaitnet.net> References: <42C4D368.9070103@kuwaitnet.net>
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On Fri, 2005-Jul-01 08:23:52 +0300, Bashar wrote: >i noticed one of my boxes had the message "init: can't exec getty 'none' >for port /dev/console: No such file or directory" into messages and >repeating forever. You should have the following line in /etc/ttys: console none unknown off secure The only change you can validly make to this line is to change 'secure' to 'insecure' but I suspect you've changed 'off' to 'on'. Try turning the console back off and sending a SIGHUP to init. -- Peter Jeremy
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