Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!cipc1!tbertels
From: tbertels@cipc1.Dayton.NCR.COM (Tom Bertelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: ttyb weirdness
Message-ID: <1612@cipc1.Dayton.NCR.COM>
Date: 2 Feb 90 13:45:48 GMT
References: <272@psgdc>
Organization: NCR World Telecomputing Center - Dayton, OH
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rg@psgdc (Dick Gill) writes:

>                The ttyb terminal was at a login, and I entered
>my login name.  After hitting a <RETURN>, the cursor moved down
>a line and to the left, but did not ask for a password.  Another
><RETURN> got me the password prompt and I entered the password,
>again followed by a <RETURN>.  Once again the cursor moved to
>the left and down a line but the system did not respond.  After
>another <RETURN> the system responded that the login was
>invalid and asked for a login again.  Several additional tries
>gave me the same result.

I have seen this one before, where an errant program was fighting with
/etc/getty for characters from the terminal.  The next time it happens
try
	/etc/fuser /dev/ttyb
from another terminal.  This will return the process ID's of any program
using /dev/ttyb.  There should only be one - the PID of /etc/getty.
Do
	ps -fp PID
and see what the program(s) are.

Hope this helps.
-- 
Tom Bertelson			DISCLAIMER:  My opinions are my own and
Tom.Bertelson@Dayton.NCR.COM	in no way reflect those of my employer.
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