On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:34:11 -0800 (PST), "Ravi" <kravi26@yahoo.com> said: > > > Are you trying to login as root? The file /etc/securetty > lists all tty devices considered 'secure' for a root > login. If ttyS0 is not listed in there, you won't be > able to login as root over serial console. > > yes i am! thanks! I'll look into that soon enough. > > 'agetty' will exit after you login once. So running it > from a shell doesn't help. You can create an entry in > inittab so that it keeps getting respawned. But this > still doesn't explain why the shell itself exits. > Tracing agetty with strace might help. > Yes, i know agetty should exit - although i assume (rightly?) that it should run the shell (from /etc/passwd) for me after it exits. i've tried the inittab already so that it respawns, but of course as previously mentioned, i still cant login, even with the correct password. But i think you're right to have a look at securetty. i will be sure to strace to find out what's going on too.. Thanks Ravi! -jf -- "It's an extraordinary world!" - jfsworld <at> fastmail.fm -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
