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From: wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (Warren Tucker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Terminal Database login problem ( again )
Keywords: terminal login database
Message-ID: <166@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US>
Date: 17 Jul 90 21:00:40 GMT
References: <103961@convex.convex.com>
Reply-To: wht@n4hgf.UUCP (Warren Tucker)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Amateur Radio Station N4HGF
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In article <103961@convex.convex.com> kemp@convex1.convex.com (Phil Kemp) writes:
>I caught the end of a thread last week about SCO UNIX failing to allow
>logins due to corruption of the terminal database. This bug has bite
>me twice now and I would like to know if anyone has further info on the
>details of this corruption. The first time I tried to reboot I couldn't
>get the system back up.

Putting

OVERRIDE=tty01

in /etc/default/login will let you log in as root on the
first multiscreen even if the brown shirts (auth, SecureWare and
friends) are miffed.

Rebulding the kernel environment (idmkenv) seems to fix the problem
for me, but I don't know why.
 
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