On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 07:59 +0800, edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Dear All, > > Just cut out from the log records : > Feb 14 04:04:19 svr1 init: Trying to re-exec init > Feb 14 07:48:13 svr1 /sbin/mingetty[1927]: tty1: invalid character > 0x1b in login name Gee, a 0x1b is an escape character, and no, it's not a legal username character. > > How to prevent the problem again ? > 1, Disable the auto funciton ( re-exec init ). > 2, About the mingetty program. You sure you didn't hit "F1" or some other escape key sequence on the TTY involved? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Heisenberg _may_ have slept here - ----------------------------------------------------------------------