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Date:      Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:44:22 -0800
From:      "Craig Burgess" <craig-burgess@home.net>
To:        "Andrew Gallatin" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        <lecn1306@ele.etsmtl.ca>, ": Kees Jan Koster" <dutchman@tccn.cs.kun.nl>, <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Syslog reports weird things
Message-ID:  <HIELKMAJNLNFEHBGKKOGEEPMCHAA.craig-burgess@home.net>
In-Reply-To: <15025.23622.509745.469218@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andrew Gallatin
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 4:20 PM
To: Craig Burgess
Cc: lecn1306@ele.etsmtl.ca; : Kees Jan Koster; freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: RE: Syslog reports weird things



Craig Burgess writes:
 > I am running no mods to console. I am attaching the kernel configuration
 > file and dmesg in case they help. I suspect that **something** changed
 > between 4.1.1 and 4.2 which is when I discovered the problem here. I have
 > been running the same hardware since version 3.  I'd send my system to
you
 > for testing purposes but would it be enough help if you had root access?
 > It's the next best thing to sending the machine.
 >

About the only commonality that I see that your machines have and that
mine lacks is the xl nic, but I really doubt that's the problem.

Hmm.. What do your /etc/ttys files look like?  Specifically, what are
the settings for the console, vtyv0 and ttyd0 lines.  Eg, I have:

console none                            unknown off secure
ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyd0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on secure

What happens if you flip off the getty on your "console" device?
Does this help? (reboot or kill -HUP 1 for it to take effect)

Drew

I never looked here before.... The following is snipped from virgin
/etc/getty:

<--------- start -------------->
# If console is marked "insecure", then init will ask for the root password
# when going to single-user mode.
#
console	"/usr/libexec/getty Pc"		cons25	on  secure
# Virtual terminals
ttyv1	"/usr/libexec/getty Pc"		cons25	on  secure
 ....
ttyv8	"/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"	xterm	off secure
<---------- pause ------------->

I have no ttyv0 and presume that ttyv8 is either a default or left from
attempts to install XFree86.

<---------- resume ------------>
# Serial terminals
# The 'dialup' keyword identifies dialin lines to login, fingerd etc.
ttyd0	"/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"	dialup	off secure
ttyd1	"/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"	dialup	off secure
<---------- pause ------------->

There are several (way more than 3) pseudo terminals:

<---------- resume ------------>
# Pseudo terminals
ttyp0	none			network
<----------- end -------------->

What will (should) happen when they are turned 'off' ?

craig


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