Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 12 Oct 2001 00:31:24 -0700 (PDT) | From | Chris Rankin <> | Subject | Password prompt sometime appears on wrong vc??? |
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Hi,
I have been noticing this problem for several kernel iterations now; before 2.4.7, I think. Basically, the *first* time that I try to login to a vc (my non-X console is vc/6), the "login: " prompt appears on vc/6 but the "Password:" prompt always appears on vc/1. I have to type the password in on vc/1 as well. This happens on both my UP non-devfs box and on my SMP devfs box.
Once I logout and try logging in again, the "Password:" prompt appears correctly on vc/6 and everything is fine.
I am using the shadow utilities, and so the password is read from /dev/tty rather than from /dev/vc/6. However, my understanding is that /dev/tty is meant to be the "current" console. Is something failing to get initialised somewhere?
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