Root login fails when using serial dialup modem

[Bill Jones]

Thanks for the reply Rick.

There wasn't a usertty file and securetty did indeed have /dev/ttyS0 as
an entry. We got around the issue by creating a user and then su to root
after successfully logging in via the modem.

Again, thanks for taking time to reply.

Bill 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rick
Stevens
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:59 PM
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
Subject: Re: Root login fails when using serial dialup modem

On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 23:11 -0500, Bill Jones wrote:
>  I'm trying to help someone configure their filesystems using remote 
> dialup but the root user login fails when I try to login after the 
> modem answers and provides the login prompt. I have ttyS0 in the 
> /etc/securetty file. RHEL 4 is the s/w version in question.  It says 
> invalid login when I attempt root login. The same login and p/w works 
> from the system console. Does anyone have ideas what is causing the 
> login to fail?

The first things to check are /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure to
see what's going on.  Specifically, verify that the tty being presented
to login is, indeed, /dev/ttyS0.  Sometimes the name gets mogrified
(e.g. shows up as /dev/modem or some such nonsense).

You should also check to see if you have an /etc/usertty file.  If you
do, check the content and verify there aren't any extra access
restrictions set up.

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