sudo not available after configuring ipmi serial over lan

Ian Lepore ian at freebsd.org
Thu Nov 8 15:39:48 UTC 2018


On Thu, 2018-11-08 at 06:10 +0700, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> 08.11.2018 5:56, Jordan Caraballo wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > After configuring ipmi serial over lan console, I am not being able
> > to
> > execute any command related to sudo; not even "sudo su -". I am
> > using ttyu0
> > and COM1 on a Dell R530. Everything regarding receiving output and
> > typing
> > at the serial console is fine; the only command not working is
> > sudo.
> > 
> > Any ideas? Below are the configurations.
> > 
> > /etc/ttys
> > 
> > # Serial terminals
> > # The 'dialup' keyword identifies dialin lines to login, fingerd
> > etc.
> > #ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"      vt100   onifconsole secure
> > ttyu0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.115200" vt100   on          secure
> Use network access to perform the following:
> 
> 1) Change "on" to "off" for ttyu0 then run "init q" to apply changes.
> 2) Replace "ttyu0" with "cuau0" within same line then run "init q"
> again.
> 
> Then retry using console and sudo.

The easy way to accomplish the same thing is to change std.115200 to
3wire.115200 (and then do 'init q').

-- Ian


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