problem: X Display login disabled -- AlphaServer 2100 recently upgraded to
4.0d.
logging in through XDM either as root or as a user fails
with the message something like
"Terminal Disabled". Going to a command line login works
correctly.
solution:
Examine the security database settings for the ":0" terminal and
remove the "t_lock" field using "edauth -dt \:0".
Many thanks to Bernie Jones for his prompt answer, just took me a long time
to test.
-bill
Included below is the test of the original question and Bernie's reply.
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If that's right then it sounds as if the device ":0" is disabled for login -
this is the device associated with the
first console window. When you go to command line login, you connect
straight in
as "console".
As root, run "/tcb/bin/edauth -g -dt" and look at the output. The first
entry
should look like :
\:0|\:0.0:\
:t_devname=\:0:t_login_timeout#0:t_xdisplay:chkent:
I suspect you'll see that the entry for ":0" includes the field "t_lock". If
it
does, the easiest way to unlock it is to use usr/tcb/bin/dxdevices (requires
GUI) to unlock it. If you don't have a GUI login, you can use the edauth
program
to edit the field out of the device database (see man page on edauth)
If you can't see the field "t_lock", it may be that the field "t_maxtries"
is
causing the problem due to too many unsuccessful login attempts. Use the
edauth
program and reset the entry so that it looks like the example above.
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 4:26 PM
> Subject: X Display login disabled.
>
> Greetings:
>
> I have an AlphaServer 2100 recently upgraded to 4.0d.
>
> Prior to the upgrade I had the problem that logging in through XDM either
> as root or as a user fails with the message something like "Terminal
> Disabled". Going to a command line login works correctly.
>
> I went ahead with the upgrade thinking that 4.0X might be able to reset
> this terminal using dxaccounts/dxdevices but have had no luck so far.
>
> Any ideas appreciated.
>
> -bill
Received on Wed Feb 24 1999 - 20:45:11 NZDT