Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 11:21:24 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: bluejay@amp.com (Adametz, Bluejay) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: login_getclass:, login.conf Message-ID: <199707311621.LAA15578@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199707311355.GAA10220@hub.freebsd.org> from "Adametz, Bluejay" at "Jul 31, 97 09:38:12 am"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In a previous message, Adametz, Bluejay said: > Regarding: > > >I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 and I get a strange message > >whenever I log in with root or su to root or TRY to telnet > >in with root. > > > ><date> <server> login: login_getclass: unknown class 'root' > > and > > There is an errata in the WC cdrom which states that a login.conf file > may > not transfer when installing. The fix is to cp from the second disk > /usr/src. I'm unable to find such a file on either disk, or on an > earlier > release. What must the file contain, and in what syntax? I'll try > creating it myself, unless that is prohibitively difficult for a > neophyte. The src tree got too big for the live filesystem. Almost time to go to 3 disks, eek. Anyway, on the second CD in etc you'll find login.conf > I think these are related. I created a simple login.conf file, based on > information in the man pages containing the following: > > default:\ > shell=/bin/csh :\ > minpasswordlen=6 > root:\ > tc=default > > and it took care of the login_getclass errors. > > /s/ a new FreeBSD user > --- > Bluejay Adametz, CFII, A&P bluejay@amp.com > Greenville, SC, USA +1 864 675 7425 > AMP Circuits, an AMP division > --- > Not to laugh, not to lament, not to curse, but to understand. > -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199707311621.LAA15578>