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From: Trev Roydhouse <Trev.Roydhouse@f401.n711.z3.fidonet.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 96 17:47:00 +1100
Subject: Re: Help (2nd) Can't login via serial port
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 > Logins from a serial port issue the banner, and the 
 > "login:" prompt.  Entering a user, or myself or my uucp 
 > host, all of whom have passwords works Ok from the 
 > console, or vt.  Once the login name is sent,
 > "password:" is issued.  Enter password.  Nothing. No 
 > one, including myself get any response back.  It just sits 
 > there idle.  Process on that particular
 > term show login -p (whoever).  

Sounds to me like a parity problem. Try using a different parity setting when
dialling into the serial port (I assume you currently have no parity set in your
terminal program).