can't login from console

[Glenn Souther]

In article <1618 at cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> marg at cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Margarita Suarez) writes:
>hi, i just inherited a mac II/X with an 80SC with A/UX.  i've not been
>able to boot multi-user from the console -- what happens when i type
>"telinit 2" is an infinite loop of "login:" immediately followed by
>"Login incorrect" (didn't ask for password).
>
>i have a feeling that it could be a hardware problem, but i just wanted
>to ask here first on the chance that someone has seen this problem
>before and knows how to fix it.
>
>problem is that i don't think columbia has apple support for this disk,
>which was basically a "gift" from apple, so any help you could give me
>would be great!  (i'd like to use this thing!)
>
>thanks
>
>marg
 
 I have seen a similar problem here. However, in our case the machine stays up for
 a while, and later when an account name is entered at login: the machine immediately
 responds with "login incorrect" without asking for a password. We can, however,
 login to the machine via telnet or rlogin. We have seen this problem when some
 process has the console assigned (toolboxdaemon). Killing and restarting the daemon
 fixes the problem. However, I have also seen the problem where nothing is assigned
 to the console. I have reported the problem to apple, but have had no response
 from them.

Glenn Souther
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