Login Problem - mgetty and Redhat Linux 5.2

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Hi,

On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 03:32:47PM +1000, Chris Hailes wrote:
> Using mgetty -1.1.14 distributed with redhat 5.2 Linux and WIN95 DUN 1.3 PAP
> Dialup ppp on PC is working. The PC dials into my other linux box fine.
> 
> The dial-up terminal login fails, after entering username, it never prompts
> for password.
> ps fax | grep login shows:
>     11607 ? S 0:00 login itsap.   Login terminates after some minutes.
>                 ^
>                 |   my other redhat pc has S1 in here for TTYS1, but it is
> MISSING from here.
>                    ( I think /bin/login does not know where to send the
> password request.)

I have a slight suspicion what might be causing this.  How are you calling
mgetty?  Do you run it from the command line or from /etc/inittab?

Could you retry this with 1.1.20, and if the problem still occurs, send
the log of one call (one! just the lines from the mgetty version number up
to the #### line)?

gert
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