Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:49:04 PDT From: "Giap Vu" <giqu@hotmail.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Root user can't login Message-ID: <19980514184904.10693.qmail@hotmail.com>
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> Giap Vu wrote: > > I try to telnet my FreeBSD computer from a Windows 95 using the > root > > account and get the message "Login incorrect." I wonder if this is Dave answered: > Change the pty lines in /etc/ttys from lines like this: > ttyp0 none network > To lines like this: > ttyp0 none network secure > Then send a HUP to init: > kill -HUP 1 New problem: > This works perfectly without having to su root. However when I try, for > example, change the IP address by typing /stand/sysinstall; I get > the installation screen. But when I choose the "Configure" option by > using the arrow key, FreeBSD exits to the prompt. Try access by typing > c, there's nothing happens. Try other options I get same result. Dave wrote: >Hmm. this is troubling. I can imagine two sources of problems. >In the previous message, I really intended to imply that /all/ >the ttyXX lines be made secure. Perhaps sysinstall is using more >than one pty? This doesn't sound very likely to me. >Another possibility is that the terminal emulation that the W95 uses >is somehow wrong, and the "curses" interface of sysinstall is unhappy >with it. >After loggin in to the BSD box, what does BSD think your terminal >is? (echo $TERM) >When logging into the BSD box, does the vi editor work as expected? >That is a good test of terminal emulation. I checked: - All the lines ttypX were changed to "network secure." - echo $TERM returns ANSI. - vi works fine. - In addition, I also test on NT 4.0. The result is the same. Quite frustrating hah. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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