gotta build it before you can install it.
cd /usr/src/libexec/getty
make depend
make obj
make
make install
just a thought, anyway.
-Adam
>> (09.29.2002 @ 1840 PST): Roger Merritt said, in 0.8K: <<
> Last week my server rebooted spontaneously while running 'portupgrade', and
> froze during initialization of local packages. Luckily, I have been able
> to get in using SSH from another terminal. The problem that shows up in
> /var/log/messages is: "init: can't get /dev/console for controlling
> terminal: Operation not permitted". After doing some research, I tried
> running 'getty' and my session froze. It looks like the 'getty' binary
> somehow got farkled (stray alpha particle?).
>
> So I went to /usr/src/libexec/getty and tried to run "make install". I got
> the error message: "install: getty: No such file or directory". I'm sure
> there's a way to do this without building world. Can someone direct me to
> the solution?
> --
> Roger
>
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