PPC login puzzle

[Bill Gatliff]

Charles:

Charles Krinke wrote:
> I have 2 targets, both kernel.org linux-2.6.17.11. Both are currently using rootfile systems from montavista's 2.6.10 distribution. One is a PPC8241 and the other is a PPC8541.
>  
> On the 8241, I can login with a telnet session as root. On the 8541, I cannot. On both, I can login at the serial terminal as root with no passwd.
>  
> Neither as a password for root in /etc/passwd. That is, the first line in the passwd file says "root::0:0:root:/root/bin/bash".
>  
> Being toasters, I dont want a password to cook my toast.
>  
> The question is:
>  
> "What are the various things that might cause one toaster to be able to login from a telnet session and another, very similar one to not be able to do this?"
>   


Are their /etc/securetty files identical?


b.g.

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