Re: init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/console: No such file or directory

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Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
Date
1 Jul 2005 09:29:33
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Re: init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/console: No such file or directory
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20050701092930.GD83739@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au

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On Fri, 2005-Jul-01 08:23:52 +0300, Bashar wrote:
>i noticed one of my boxes had the message "init: can't exec getty 'none'
>for port /dev/console: No such file or directory" into messages and
>repeating forever.

You should have the following line in /etc/ttys:
console none unknown off secure

The only change you can validly make to this line is to change 'secure'
to 'insecure' but I suspect you've changed 'off' to 'on'.

Try turning the console back off and sending a SIGHUP to init.
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Peter Jeremy


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