is813cs@pyr.gatech.EDU (Cris Simpson) (12/21/88)
I have a 319C+ running HP-UX 6.2. When I connect a terminal to the
98644 serial port, it is impossible to log in on an account with
a password. On an account w/o a password, the logon is almost
instantaneous. This happens whether or not someone is logged
on at the console. The machine has 16Meg of RAM, so that should not
be a problem. When logged on as root at the console, it is impossible
to do a "ps" while the password check on the tty user is running.
The ps just never returns. This happens even at "nice --19".
BTW, the password check always fails. Any ideas?
After this, maybe I'll ask about my troubles with the 9144...
Thanks,
cris
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Cris Simpson
is813cs@pyr.gatech.edu GA Tech Atlanta,GA
...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!is813csrdg@hpfcmr.HP.COM (Rob Gardner) (12/28/88)
> I have a 319C+ running HP-UX 6.2. When I connect a terminal to the > 98644 serial port, it is impossible to log in on an account with > a password. On an account w/o a password, the logon is almost > instantaneous. This happens whether or not someone is logged > on at the console. The machine has 16Meg of RAM, so that should not > be a problem. When logged on as root at the console, it is impossible > to do a "ps" while the password check on the tty user is running. > The ps just never returns. This happens even at "nice --19". > BTW, the password check always fails. Any ideas? I'd be willing to bet that your /dev/tty is messed up. It should look like: crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 2 0x000000 Dec 27 15:07 /dev/tty But I bet it actually looks something like this: crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 1 0x090000 Dec 27 15:07 /dev/tty or crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 0 0x000000 Dec 27 15:07 /dev/tty Now take a look at /dev/console: crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 0 0x000000 Dec 27 15:07 /dev/console Notice any inconsistencies? What's happening is that root is logged in on /dev/console, and login prompts for a password on /dev/tty, but your /dev/tty actually points to /dev/console! Try entering the password on the console when it prompts. How did it get like this, you ask? I'm afraid that human intervention is the only possibility :-( Rob Gardner hplabs!hpfcmr!rdg Hewlett Packard or rdg%hpfcmr@hplabs.hp.com Fort Collins, Colorado 303-229-2048 80525-9599 "Ask me about Home Brewing"
rdg@hpfcmr.HP.COM (Rob Gardner) (01/04/89)
> How did it get like this, you ask? I'm afraid that human intervention > is the only possibility :-( I'll retract this statement, since I just now found several other instances of /dev/tty getting messed up in exactly the same way. So now I suspect some script or application that is doing it. Curiously, /dev/tty seems to be linked to /dev/syscon and /dev/systty. This is clearly the doing of some misguided script. Clues/hints appreciated. raab