From: A. V. Le Blanc (zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk)
Date: 07/27/92 

From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
Subject: Re: getty/login problems
Date: 27 Jul 1992 05:46:48 GMT

In article <2802@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> pdp@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU (Paul Douglas Page) writes:
>When you try and log in via one of the serial ports ttys1 or ttys2, you get
>the login prompt but as soon as you type a character it does not display but
>just respawns the login promts again. Local consoles log in fine.

This behaviour might possibly occur if you have an /etc/nologin file, or
if the serial ports are not in /etc/securetty.

>One thing I noticed is the /dev/ttys1 &2 files keep changing their group back
>to system though I set them to other.

Several programs change the group and owner of devices, login among them.

Hope this helps.

     -- Owen
     LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk