Login on the console on a HP-Machine with the HP-UX Operation System

[Soeguet]

Hallo together,

on the console I have got the Login-prompt. I will log me as root or as a normal user. I write the username and then the password is required. And if I give the required password then nothing is happend. But with a Terminalemulation (telnet, etc. )from a workstation I can log me as a normal user and get with su - the root privilege.


Bye !

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[Bill McNAMARA_1]

make sure that console appears in /etc/inittab
and that root login is allowed on console man/more /etc/securetty

However, there is more than likely some terminal emulation in root users .profile that is causing the problem. Play with your console terminal emulation, 9600 baud, hp emulation..

What is your system, I recall vaguely from this forum a problem with some newer systems relating to root user profiles, it was quite recently I saw it, and believe it was in this forum.. but the problem is most likely profile in any case.

Later,
Bill

[David Navarro]

Hi, look at you terminal configuration, normally you will see eight squares in bottom of the terminal, number 4 ( remote mode ) must have an asterisc, all the other maust be without asteric. For set and unset , you must press keys F1 to F8 one for one square in screen, that is 1st in the left is F1, next f2, and last in the right F8.

Good Luck

[Daniel Denney]

Hello,

I have seen this problem occur when special characters are used in a password. the su utility has no problem with the special characters, but the console does.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

You can try this, Reset the console terminal settings to default. In you /etc/inittab file make sure the gettydefs entry for console is set to console. Then try.

Bill, Since he is able to login using telnet as root user and can also execute su - root after logging in as some other user, it looks unlikely that the problem could be with .profile . Looks more likely to be either a terminal setting problem or a inittab entry problem.

Hope this helps.

thanks