Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:30:01 -0500 (EST) From: "C. Stephen Gunn" <csg@dustdevil.waterspout.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/18082: /etc/gettytab, /etc/ttys autologin entries Message-ID: <200004190230.VAA05677@dustdevil.waterspout.com>
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>Number: 18082 >Category: misc >Synopsis: /etc/gettytab, /etc/ttys autologin entries >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 18 19:30:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: C. Stephen Gunn >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386 >Organization: WaterSpout Communications, Inc. >Environment: >Description: FreeBSD 3.X and 4.X have with "autologin" support in getty. We use this to ensure we have a root shell on serial terminals. While this is documented in the manpage, it would be nice to get example entries into gettytab and ttys. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Here are sample entries that could be added to gettytab/ttys: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # autologin - automatically log root in on a console # autologin|al.9600:\ :al=root:tc=std.9600: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # automatically log root in on a physically secure console #console "/usr/libexec/getty autologin" console on secure >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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