[ale] no login and do_ypcall?

[Nomad the Wanderer]

I can telnet in as a non-root user and I can su.  I can change /etc/securetty
and even telnet in as root, but I can't login on the console as root or a 
non-root login.

Robert


Thus spake Les Neste (lesneste at atlnewmedia.com):

> I needed to telnet into my Linux box as root, but /etc/securtty wasn't set
> up for that.  I didn't get any flaky error messages, though; it just said
> 'login incorrect' just like it does when your password doesn't match.
> 
> Best of luck.
> 
> At 08:17 PM 10/4/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >I have tty1 - tty8 in there and uncommented.  I'm running kernel
> >2.1.123.  Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> >Thus spake Mofid Francis (mfrancis at engr.csulb.edu):
> >
> >> check to see if the console is contented in the securtty in /etc. 
> >> i hope this hopes.
> >> moe
> >> 
> >> On Sun,
> >> 4 Oct 1998, Nomad the Wanderer wrote:
> >> 
> >> > I'm installing RH-5.1 on my Laptop and hit a snag.  When I log in on the 
> >> > console It takes a bit, I get:
> >> > 
> >> > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Timed Out
> >> > 
> >> > and then I get the login prompt back. I can rsh and telnet in, just can't
> >> > login from the console.  Anyone have any ideas?
> >> > 
> >> > The Syslog reports  nothing.
> >> > 
> >> > Robert
> >> > 
> >> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> > Robert L. Harris                |   You mean you paid
> >> > Senior System Administrator II  |        MONEY for 
> >> >   at Great West Life.           \_    Service Pack '98???
> >> > 
> >> > http://www.orci.com/~nomad
> >> > 
> >> > DISCLAIMER:
> >> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> >> > 
> >> > FYI:
> >> >  perl -e 'print
> $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> ************************************************************************
> >> *  This message was sent to you from the terminal of:                  *
> >> *                                                                      *
> >> *                                                                      *
> >> *                    ////  ////     /////    ///////                   *
> >> *                    //  //  //    //   //   //                        *
> >> *                    //      //   //     //  /////                     *
> >> *                    //      //   //     //  //                        *
> >> *                    //      //    //   //   //                        *
> >> *                    //      //     /////    //////                    *
> >> *                                                                      *
>      
> >> *                                                                      *
> >> * http://heart.engr.csulb.edu/~mfrancis                                *
> >> ************************************************************************
> >> 
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Robert L. Harris                |   You mean you paid
> >Senior System Administrator II  |        MONEY for 
> >  at Great West Life.           \_    Service Pack '98???
> >
> >http://www.orci.com/~nomad
> >
> >DISCLAIMER:
> >      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> >
> >FYI:
> > perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> >
> 
> 
> ......................................................................
> 
> Les Neste
> Voice 404-350-3345
> Web http://www.mindspring.com/~lesneste

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert L. Harris                |   You mean you paid
Senior System Administrator II  |        MONEY for 
  at Great West Life.           \_    Service Pack '98???

http://www.orci.com/~nomad

DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.

FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'