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Date:      Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:52:26 +0300
From:      Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, sodynet1@gmail.com
Subject:   Re: su problem
Message-ID:  <E1Sdgh0-0000tK-Fs@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il>
In-Reply-To: <201206101128.q5ABShXN007826@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <201206101128.q5ABShXN007826@lurza.secnetix.de>

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> Sami Halabi <sodynet1=40gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Hi Oliver,
>  > I saw you had similar problem for console on 2010
>  > http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Serial-console-problems-with-st=
ab=3Dle-8-td3950684.html
>=20
> No, I don't think that the problem is related.  My problem
> was with the serial console, while you don't have a serial
> console attached at all (at least you didn't mention it).
>=20
>  > but the thread wasn't ended by recommendation or conclusions by you.=

>  >
>  > did you solve that problem then?
>=20
> No, I came to the conclusion that the serial console support
> in FreeBSD 8 was broken somehow.  So I removed the console
> cable; it's running with an old VGA CRT as the console for
> now.  Fortunately I require console access very seldom, so
> I don't have to drive to that machine often.  It's still
> annoying, but I didn't find a better solution; downgrading
> to 7.x isn't an option.
>
just for the record, serial on 8.x works fine=21 the device naming has ch=
anged
from sio to uart, and maybe some features. We use it on all our servers, =
even
redirecting it where possible via ILO,IMPI,DRAC.  and is great for debugi=
ng
or saving long trips :-)

WARNING: control access to these devices, specialy since root can login
on the console=21

danny





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