Bug 56273

Summary:	shadow doesn't enable root login on serial console
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) <gustavoz>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	ppc64 architecture team <ppc64>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	PPC64
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Proposed patch

Description Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-06 13:48:45 UTC

The shadow ebuild creates/modifies /etc/securetty, which by default doesn't include ttyS0 / tts/0 for ppc64.
This would simplify the install procedure for ppc64 systems.

Comment 1 Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-06 13:49:23 UTC

Created attachment 34883 [details, diff]
Proposed patch

Proposed patch to fix it.

Comment 2 Tom Gall (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-12 19:49:38 UTC

thanks Gustavoz!

Comment 3 Tom Gall (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-12 19:50:00 UTC

stick a fork in it