console login

[Macho_2]

Hi;

I try to login using root and my user id from the console but I am not able to login . The screen always back to the login prompt after I enter user id and password.

I still can login using root id and my id thru telnet. The /etc/securetty file is exist with the console word.

Please advice , what is the problem.

[tsf_1]

/etc/securetty is only use for root login. Root access can be denied to any port on the system by the use of the
/etc/securetty file. For your case if 'console' is written in /etc/securetty, it means only console allow root login but not normal user name. Do you get back to command prompt as well when you login as root at console??

Note: To protect /etc/securetty from user access, be sure to set the owner to root and bin, and the permissions to 600 (rw for owner only).

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Have a look at this doc.

Title: root gets "login incorrect" at console but telnet works
Document ID: emr_na-c01001911-2

Europe
http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en&docId=emr_na-c01001911-2
US
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en&docId=emr_na-c01001911-2

Robert-Jan