[3112] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Athena 8.4/Red Hat 6.2 Beta installer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Fri Oct 13 23:55:00 2000
To: "Thomas H. Grayson" <thg@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 13 Oct 2000 23:54:43 -0400
In-Reply-To: "Thomas H. Grayson"'s message of "Fri, 13 Oct 2000 18:56:04 -0400"
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"Thomas H. Grayson" <thg@MIT.EDU> writes:
> - - The installer installs Athena 8.4.0, which would be fine, except
> that an autoupdate doesn't happen on the first boot. Hence, I have
> to manually run /etc/athena/update_ws to take the system to the
> current release.
That's odd, given that charon is serving 8.4.11 RPMs...what tells you 8.4.0?
> - - Control-Alt-F1 takes you to a console login prompt. The standard
> Athena install disables logging onto the console in this fashion,
> and displays the message "Type CTRL-ALT-F7 to login." You then
> have to press Control-P at the xlogin screen to get to the console
> login. (Incidentally, the SIPB install allows Control-Alt-Keyboard+
> to work.)
As I understand it, the main reason that cluster machines disable
console logins is that they have a public root password, so anyone
could use a text console to get a root shell on a cluster machine
someone else is using. Since SIPB's installer prompts for a root
password, that issue goes away.
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
