Root login fails when using serial dialup modem
 

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?

Thanks,
Bill


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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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Root login fails when using serial dialup modem
 

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

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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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- CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com -
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Root login fails when using serial dialup modem
 

On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 07:34 -0500, Bill Jones wrote:
> 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.

Ah, /etc/securetty should NOT have the "/dev/" bit in it...just "ttyS0".
The "/dev/" bit is assumed.

> Again, thanks for taking time to reply.

No problem.

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> 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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