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From: dvb@emisle.uucp (David Van Beveren)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: ISC 2.2 q/ TCP 1.2.0 questions/problems
Message-ID: <1991Jan14.192634.1877@emisle.uucp>
Date: 14 Jan 91 19:26:34 GMT
References: <1990@n8emr.UUCP>
Reply-To: dvb@emisle.UUCP (David Van Beveren)
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In article <1990@n8emr.UUCP> gws@n8emr.UUCP (Gary Sanders) writes:
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>I have a couple of questions/problems.
>Hard-Config: AMI MarkIII, 8mb, 2 ESDI disk/wd1007, Slip link to a 3b1 
>running KA9Q tcp/ip.(sl and lo interface only).
>Soft-Config: ISC 2.2, TCP 1.2
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>2nd Item:
>Is it possible for root login on non-console devices?
>
Change the file /etc/default/login.

This file has a line CONSOLE=/dev/console. Comment it out by putting a
# in front of it. This directory is a non-ATT thing that Xenix invented, and
ISC uses for lots of cute things (tar is another example)

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