Login problems with System V/386 3.0e

Jon Zeeff zeeff at b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us
Wed Aug 2 23:36:39 AEST 1989


In article <782 at cgh.UUCP> david at cgh.UUCP (David Kozinn) writes:
>I seem to have run into a strange problem with logins on my System
>V/386 (version 3.0e) system. I have no problem logging in to any
>account from any of the consoles, but I can't seem to log in on any
>account that has a password when dialing in remotely. What I try to
>do that, I get the usual "Login incorrect" message but BEFORE I even
>get the Password: prompt.
>

As far as I can tell, there is a a bug where /dev/tty doesn't always 
get set up correctly and /bin/login fails when it can't open it.  Non 
standard getty things seem to make it worse.  That's about all I know 
about this problem.  







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