Sir,
You may have to edit the file /etc/securetty... add the ttyS# device that
you are trying to log in from to this file. That's what I had to do in
order to login on my Linux 2.0.36 Red Hat machine.
- Mike Trausch
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Baw wrote:
>
> I have trouble starting an interactive session with a unix box.
> The linux box now runs Linux 2.1.126. User programs are from
> the Slackware distribution.
>
> Login via FTP with same username and password works, but
> login from the console or through telnet always throw me back
> to the login prompt with the message "Login incorrect."
> I've tried both login as a regular and directly as root and
> checked the /etc/login.* files (can't find anything wrong there
> myself).
> Neither works. Any advise on how to trouble shoot and what to
> look for will be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Baw
>
