From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Apr 18 19:30: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D3337B7F1 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:30:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id TAA47052; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:30:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from dustdevil.waterspout.com (standpipe.waterspout.com [208.13.60.152]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC6937B692 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:22:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from csg@dustdevil.waterspout.com) Received: (from csg@localhost) by dustdevil.waterspout.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA05677; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:30:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from csg) Message-Id: <200004190230.VAA05677@dustdevil.waterspout.com> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:30:01 -0500 (EST) From: "C. Stephen Gunn" Reply-To: csg@dustdevil.waterspout.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: misc/18082: /etc/gettytab, /etc/ttys autologin entries Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >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