Chris Lumens wrote:
> >
> > Ok, so it has been a while since this was posted, but, It would be
> > benificial
> > to Alpha users if this was changed in the etc package. At least for
> > ttyS0,
> > which is what the Alpha's default to if there is not keyboard present.
> > This would remain consitant with what an Alpha user would expect of the
> > machine
>
> I'd agree that doing so would make things more consistent. However, I
> don't like the idea of opening up more places for root to login without
> some sort of prompting the user. Even though something bad happening on
> ttyS0 is very unlikely, it just seems a little scary to me.
>
> How about if I add something to setup that asks if you want to enable
> serial console stuff? It wouldn't even have to be added to setup, but
> could be another "setup.serialconsole" that gets run during the
> configuration stages.
>
This sounds like a great comprimize. That would make the installer
aware of the issue and enable uthe serial consol during install. Sure
beats getting surprized later!
Although, it your only concern is another root accessable point, maybe
we could enable logon on ttyS0 and disable root logins from it. That
would make it available but people would have to su to root. We are all
doing that anyways, right? ;)
-Chris Selivaniw
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