[X-Unix] >console login problems

[Eric Crist]

On Oct 7, 2004, at 8:42 PM, Justin Herald wrote:

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> I had never tried using >console to get a classic unix login prompt 
> before today's discussion on networking. When I did it, though, i only 
> saw the console for about a second before it faded into an aqua blue 
> screen and the only way I could get out was to do a hard reboot. 
> Anyone know why?
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Do you have the root account enabled, or any other accounts on the 
system?  I tried it for the first time today, as well, and things 
worked fine for me.  I've installed quite a few *nix applications and 
such, so I don't remember if I changed any of the tty data or anything, 
but I'm pretty sure I didn't.  If you don't have the root account 
enabled, try that, then log out, and type >console in the username 
field.  The graphical interface should fade away, and you should get a 
CLI with a login prompt.  Logging in, and typing exit will bring back 
your graphical interface.

HTH
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Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks
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