You mention that you had to add /dev/tty...
Your current problem mentions /dev/tty1
Do you have all the dev files?
(You don't need ALL of them, but you certainly need enough /dev/tty* files
to handle each login...)
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of satya kumar
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 9:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Please help me and save me!!!!!
>
>
> Hi All,
> This is the ninth consecutive week I have been working on
> trying to prepare 'linux on a floppy' and now, as I have
> already written previously,I have this problem.As soon as I
> enter the username as root and press enter the password
> prompt comes(previously this was also not coming,but after I
> added /dev/tty it appeared)and after I enter the password as
> in my /etc/passwd file and press enter this error is flashed
> login[45]: invalid password for 'UNKNOWN' on tty1 and then
> comes 'login incorrect'.Please tell me what could be the
> possibilities of this error.I was initially using /bin/login
> but it was giving problem thats why I am now using
> 'tinylogin' which is a utility available on Lineo.com and can
> be used instead of login.
> Please try to help me out, otherwise I will go mad with it.I
> am just stuck.I am using redhat 6.2 .Tell me all the
> possibilities of this error even the silliest ones.Thanks in advance.
> Satya
>
>
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