On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Darin Johnson wrote: > Regarding my problem with login/passwd/su failing, I've tracked > it a bit further. It seems that getpass() is failing, and more, that > it's actually /dev/tty that's completely screwed up. > > Symptoms: > $ echo howdy > /dev/tty > $ cat /dev/tty > howdy > $ cat /dev/tty > howdy > $
Are you sure /dev/tty is a device and not a regular file? Try this: $ ls -l /dev/tty crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 5, 0 Apr 5 1997 /dev/tty $ If it is different from this (apart from the date), there probably is something wrong. If it is different, try this as root: # rm /dev/tty # /dev/MAKEDEV tty # ls -l /dev/tty crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 5, 0 Oct 8 00:07 /dev/tty # Remco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
