Summary: Console lockout

[jdhudso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

-----Original Message-----
From: jdhudso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jdhudso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 5:46 AM
To: tru64-unix-managers@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Console lockout

Hi all,

Our system is a AlphaServer 4100, Tru64 UNIX 4.0D (PK4) w/enanced security.
Under what circumstances would the console get locked out?  On a couple of 
occasions recently, our server console get locked out by seemingly unknown 
causes.  The specific error is "Terminal is disabled - See System 
Administrator".

Its easy enough to fix using dxdevices - root login is allowed, however, I'm

troubled as to why the console is being disabled.

B.T.W.
I was going to search the archives, but couldn't get in.  Anyone else having

problems searching the archives?
Thanks,
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I got only two responses:
(1) 
>From:  JOHLOS@xxxxxxxx   "John Losey"
>
>It sounds like somehow the database built off of /etc/auth/system/ttys &
>/etc/auth/system/devassign has gotten corrupted.  Could someone have run
>"convauth" after editing these files and accidentally removed the console
>from the database?

This is not the case here - both of the db's appear fine.
Guess I'll try to investigate a little harder next time this happens.
Also, concerning the list archives:
(2)
>From:   irene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   "Irene A. Shilikhina"
>
>alas, recently I've had such a problem often enough - messages offering to
>try again later... I thought the matter was too long distance and some 
>difficulty in communication, but the traceroute achieved the site in question
>OK, so I believe, it's some problem with the archives program itself.


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