Additional thanks to "John J. Francini" <francini_at_progress.com>
Who sugegsted that the reboot was what enabled the X-session to work. John
suggested that perhaps /etc/securettys was only consulted by X-windows at
startup, hence the need to reboot.
Thanks to Lawrence Decker <ldecker_at_pbchcd.state.fl.us>
Who quickly provided an answer to a slightly different question.
We solved the problem by adding the multi-user license. In our rush we had
forgotten to do this.
I then did an LMF reset and rebooted the system.
Afterwards, the desktop X-software worked fine.
To be a true problem solver, I should have isolated the steps, and testing
each one. I apologize for not doing so.
So I don;t know if it was the user license being added or the reboot. (I
had tried /usr/sbin/rcinet restart after adding the entry to
/etc/securettys, but this didn't fix the problem).
I am curious, though, whether it was the license or the reboot.
Regards,
I know I should know the answer to this one, but I can't find it.
I just built a V4.0E machine (Alphaserver 2100).
When using the same PC XWindows Software I use all the time (LabTam's X Win
Pro), I can't logon as root from my office desktop system.
The specific error message I get is:
"root login refused on this terminal"
DNS works fine on this 4.0E machine, as I can ping my desktop by name.
I added two entries in /etc/securettys as follows:
ptys
bruce:0
I can login as root from my desktop from a telnet client.
I know I am missing something simple, but for the life of me and another
person here, we can't think what.
BTW, we are a small shop, and these systems are behind a fw, so ptys in
/etc/securettys is not too dangerous.
I will summarize.
Thanks and regards,
Bruce
+--------------------------------------+
Bruce B. Platt, Ph.D.
Comport Consulting Corporation
78 Orchard Street, Ramsey, NJ 07446
Phone: 201-236-0505 Fax: 201-236-1335
bbp_at_comport.com, bruce_at_ bruce.platt_at_
OR, bruce_at_bbplatt.com
+---------------------------------------------------------+
Bruce B. Platt, Ph.D. Vice-President
Comport Consulting Corporation
78 Orchard Street
Ramsey, NJ 07446
Phone: 201-236-0505 Fax: 201-236-1335
bbp_at_comport.com, bruce.platt_at_comport.com, bruce_at_comport.com
OR, bruce_at_bbplatt.com
Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 20:55:21 NZST