login to console disabled

[Lincoln Fessenden]

ken wrote:
> We have two servers both running redhat.  On one of them it's possible
> to log in (as superuser or user) via the console, but on the other it is
> not (neither user nor superuser).  Both connect through an Avocent
> console server to the serial ports.  Both have the same securetty file
> with "console" at the top.  What do I need to change to allow console
> login (to both user and superuser) in through the console?  (I looked at
> a couple pam files, but they are identical also.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
>   
/etc/securetty maybe and 
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-6.2-Manual/ref-guide/s1-sysadmin-console-access.html


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Lincoln Fessenden
Jeff-IT Linux Systems Administrator