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From: mykel@saleven.oz (Michael Landers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Terminal Database login problem ( again )
Keywords: terminal login database
Message-ID: <20419@saleven.oz>
Date: 25 Jul 90 05:51:11 GMT
References: <103961@convex.convex.com>
Reply-To: mykel@saleven.saleven.oz.au (Michael Landers)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Saleven Pty  Ltd, Sydney.
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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 thing you should do when you install an SCO system is to add
"OVERRIDE=tty01" to /etc/default/login.  This (as was previously mentioned)
allows root to login on /dev/tty01 (ie the first of the console screen).

As for the actual problem.  If it is the same one that I have had a few
(well, lots actually) times here then all you have to do is remove the
file /etc/auth/system/ttys-t.  This, I believe, is a tempory file used
when recreating the terminal database information (which happens quite
a lot), and when you log in, it can't recreate it as it is still there
(note: logins rewrite the terminal database to update last login etc).
I don't know why it is there, but it is simple enough to remove.

Mykel.
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