From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3EA68E1E.7090201@mvista.com> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:59:10 -0500 From: Mark Hatle MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Martin Hicks Cc: Aman , linuxppc embedded Subject: Re: Serial Console Login Fails References: <001301c3093d$ad9c69f0$370da8c0@aman> <20030423123015.GI553@bork.org> In-Reply-To: <20030423123015.GI553@bork.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Martin Hicks wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 07:41:40AM +0530, Aman wrote: > >>"T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100" >>Bcos of which during the linux bootup , there wont be console message on the >>screen , after some time , there is a login prompt >>login: >>If I try login then it waits for some seconds and then display the same i.e >>login: > > > You don't have "ttyS0" in /etc/securetty Actually if that was the case you'd get a login denied message of some type.. If you don't have an /etc/securetty then it allows all logins.. (that is the typical setup of systems we recommend for our customers development systems..) The problem is that they are missing either the pam libraries or they are missing /bin/login. Turn on syslogd, set a console to go right to a shell and look at the output of /var/log/messages. This will tell you what is missing. It is usually /bin/login is missing, secondary cause is PAM (or a module) is missing, or that your /etc/passwd and/or /etc/group files are missing or corrupt. (I wonder if we should create a FAQ for this list and post it once a month.. this question/answer come up at _LEAST_ once a week.. doesn't anyone read the list archives?) --Mark ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/