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#! rnews 1365 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!f400.n712!f515.n712!f401.n711!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Distribution: world X-Comment-To: sam@zeno.nscf.org From: Trev Roydhouse <Trev.Roydhouse@f401.n711.z3.fidonet.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 96 17:47:00 +1100 Subject: Re: Help (2nd) Can't login via serial port Message-ID: <2363548687@f401.n711.z3.ftn> Organization: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia X-FTN-AREA: COMP.UNIX.BSD.FREEBSD.MISC X-FTN-Tearline: QM v1.30 X-FTN-Origin: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (3:711/401.0) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 711/401 501 712/400 515 X-FTN-PATH: 711/401 712/515 X-FTN-PATH: 712/400 Lines: 15 > Logins from a serial port issue the banner, and the > "login:" prompt. Entering a user, or myself or my uucp > host, all of whom have passwords works Ok from the > console, or vt. Once the login name is sent, > "password:" is issued. Enter password. Nothing. No > one, including myself get any response back. It just sits > there idle. Process on that particular > term show login -p (whoever). Sounds to me like a parity problem. Try using a different parity setting when dialling into the serial port (I assume you currently have no parity set in your terminal program).