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From: stevem@pserv.CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Steve Mestad)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: rlogind problem in Vax Ultrix 4.1
Keywords: rlogin rlogind login problem help ultrix
Message-ID: <76@pserv.CFSMO.Honeywell.COM>
Date: 26 Mar 91 18:52:07 GMT
Reply-To: stevem@cfsmo.honeywell.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Honeywell CFS/MO, Mpls, MN
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I have a Microvax II (2 actually) running Ultrix 4.1.  There seems to be a 
problem with rlogin or rlogind.  I can rlogin to other systems from the 
Microvax just fine.  However, when I try to rlogin to the Microvax from
anywhere, I get an error "can't open /dev/console.  Too many open files".
In /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog, I get an entry "rlogind not found, /dev/ttypb"
(the entry has some other numbers and is spaced out funny like something is
missing from the error message).

The entry for rlogind is ok in /etc/inetd.conf, the sym links for rlogind and
login are all ok and point to the executables.  The ttyp and ptyp files are
in /dev.  Seems to me it should work.  It did work for Ultrix 3.x and before.
(We didn't run Ultrix 4.0).

Other possible relavent info:  we are running DNS (systems are clients only) 
and YP (systems are clients only) , do not have LAT, and did not load Decnet.
I vagely seem to recall some discussion about an rlogin problem after Ultrix
4 came out but didn't follow the thread.

So, my question is, what is the cause of this problem and how should I get 
it fixed.  Thanks.

Steve Mestad