-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 that's the baud it connects at. like in my /etc/inittab all the vc's are set to connect at 38400 but the local serial lines are set to 9600. On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 11:12:33PM -0500, Jes and guide dog Harley wrote: > What does the 38400 mean in the /etc/inittab file? I know it's something to do with the bodrate or whatever of the console but I'm > not sure exactly what it's used fore. > > Jes and Harley > Email: jesman598 at triad.rr.com > Msn instant messenger: subman70 at hotmail.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak at charter.net> > To: speakup <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 7:10 PM > Subject: a couple of login tips > > > Here are a couple of login tips--one from a problem I brought up with > debian unstable a couple of months ago, and the other from a question > about automatic login that I can't find, either because it's in one of the > months that didn't make the archives or because I'm mixed up and it was > really a question on blinux. > > If you are using debian unstable and still being driven crazy by getting > the "respawning too fast; disabled for 5 minutes" when you log out, the > util-linux package from testing doesn't have this problem and, for the > time being anyway, still appears to be compatible with unstable. > > As for autologin, it is possible to do this with mingetty. If you are > already using mingetty, it appears that all you need do is add --autologin > username (the username of course being your own--NOT root) to your tty1 > line in /etc/inittab. It's my understanding that mingetty will do this > with only one tty, so you can weigh the security risks and decide whether > or not you want to do it. It does, however, work. > As for people who do not have mingetty already in use (debian users > don't), you have to edit your /etc/inittab. Change "getty 38400" for > each tty entry to > "mingetty" (without the quotes); note that you remove the 38400. After the > tty indicator, put an intervening space and your switches: --noclear if > you don't want the screen > cleared before the login prompt and --autologin username (your own > username, NOT root) after tty1. I haven't determined whether this works > with the buggy unstable util-linux, but it's fine with the testing > util-linux package. > It seems to me that the person asking about this might have wanted to do > an autologin on more than one console, maybe some with root and some with > the ordinary user; I don't remember the details of the post, and I would > imagine this kind of setup, if possible, could be a bigger potential > security problem. > Hope this is of interest to somebody, and hope I'm not sending it to the > wrong list. > > > -- > Cheryl > "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAUwcX9XVrM3ri110RAj7rAJ9/7mRueJID8vM1wepMnWoQaLS1YgCfSPxX hr5i9YYQE/ZZ4J4VbxRKVac= =LGOC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
