[X-Unix] >console login problems

[Justin Herald]

I fixed the truncated line but that made no difference.

On Oct 8, 2004, at 12:09 AM, Eric Crist wrote:

> On Oct 7, 2004, at 11:02 PM, Justin Herald wrote:
>
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> Hash: SHA1
>>
>> #
>> #       @(#)ttys        5.2 (Berkeley) 6/10/93
>> #
>> # name  getty                           type    status           
>> comments
>> #
>> # If the console is marked insecure, single-user requires
>> # the root password.
>> ##
>> # Since DirectoryServices is not running by the time we enter
>> # single-user mode, init will ask for the non-shadow crypt
>> # password stored for root in /etc/master.passwd.  If no such
>> # password exists, it will not be possible to enter single-user
>> # mode from a console marked insecure.
>> ##
>> #console        "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600"  vt100   on secure
>> console  
>> "/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/ 
>> loginwindo$
>> #tahoe's only
>
> Here's what I've got to the same point in the file.  You must have  
> truncated that line of text, otherwise, this is what it needs to say:
>
> #       @(#)ttys        5.2 (Berkeley) 6/10/93
> #
> # name  getty                           type    status           
> comments
> #
> # If the console is marked insecure, single-user requires
> # the root password.
> ##
> # Since DirectoryServices is not running by the time we enter
> # single-user mode, init will ask for the non-shadow crypt
> # password stored for root in /etc/master.passwd.  If no such
> # password exists, it will not be possible to enter single-user
> # mode from a console marked insecure.
> ##
> #console        "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600"  vt100   on secure
> console  
> "/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/ 
> loginwindow" vt100 on secure onoption="/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"
> #tahoe's only
>
> The line starting with console "/System... all the way to std.9600" is  
> on the same line, fyi.
> -----
> Eric F Crist
> Secure Computing Networks
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