Connecting to a headless system
I have installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 using the headless install method. My problem is this. I can't get the login prompt when connecting using cu -l /dev/cuaa0, after the install /reboot. I did setup ssh, but I can't connect using ssh and root. I did not setup another account, so I have to get in and install an account. I did get single user up, but I have limited commands and it won't allow me to adduser.?? When I boot up under default, it just holds at the date and time. Please help? Or any ideas of what I should be doing differently. Bruce ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Connecting to a headless system
I did get single user up, but I have limited commands and it won't allow me to adduser.?? Do this again. When you get the shell prompt immediately issue the command : mount -a -t ufs The /usr and other partitions are not likely to be mounted in single user mode. adduser is in /usr/sbin/ so isn't available until /usr is mounted. The comand above mounts all (-a) filesystems in the fstab with file system type (-t) ufs. This is very likely to get your /usr partition mounted. - Mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Connecting to a headless system
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Hunter Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Connecting to a headless system I have installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 using the headless install method. My problem is this. I can't get the login prompt when connecting using cu -l /dev/cuaa0, after the install /reboot. I did setup ssh, but I can't connect using ssh and root. I did not setup another account, so I have to get in and install an account. I did get single user up, but I have limited commands and it won't allow me to adduser.?? When I boot up under default, it just holds at the date and time. Please help? Or any ideas of what I should be doing differently. Bruce Bruce, You need to mount all the correct file systems before you can add users to the system. By default, only the root / partition is mounted, and that is read-only. Once you mount the other filesystems, you should have no problems. Also, I usually have -Dh in my /boot.config file, and enable cuaa0 as a secure terminal (disabled by default). You can change this in /etc/ttys. HTH Eric F Crist ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
