Re: Console login on Linux?

[mike <troll@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
> 
> > > Is it possible to make /dev/tty1 into the console?
> > > (I'm running RedHat Linux 5.0 on a Packard-Bell 18CD, if that's
> > >  necessary).
> > >
> > > Or, am I stuck with tty1 as my "main port"?
> >
> > um... on my (slackware) system, the default console is tty0, but virtual
> > consoles eat up tty1, tty2, ... tty7.
> 
> I have the same tty setup on my redhat 5.0 system.
> 
> You could *try* removing /dev/console, and linking it to /dev/tty1.
> DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!  Before you do this, you should have a
> current backup and a bootable recovery system (and know how to use it),
> because this COULD make your system UNUSABLE and UNBOOTABLE.

Well, that's another presentation idea that could be considered
essential knowledge, ie self defense from one's self via boot/rescue
disk. You may well imagine that I've had a pretty good work out with
them, and although there are questions that I have inre adding utilities
to the rescue disk, I feel pretty knowledgeable on the subject (takes
one step forward, realizes his mistake tries to step back, but he
already volunteered) of rescue disks, and their use.

If I ever can get to a meeting, that is.

-Mike List  


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> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
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