[SunHELP] Keyboard wackiness?

[Christopher Smiga]

Ben,

This is a standard feature for Sun systems. A guy I  work with explained
that this is done for security sake. If you need to see into the console,
but do not want this problem to occur again, try setting the server up as
a headless system. This means no keyboard, no monitor. You do this by
connecting through the systems serial port. A Xyplex or dumb terminal can
serve you here. This way, next time you swap a keyboard, the system will
not force the OK prompt (killing all system process) on you.

Christopher Smiga
Enterprise Management Architect

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Ben Ricker wrote:

> I had a weird problem. We house a Sun E250 at a CoLo site. I have a Sun
> keyboard plugged into it. I mistook the Sun keyboard for another
> keyboard (which I used for Linux machines) and unplugged it. I thought
> nothing of it and plugged the Sun keyboard back in.
>
> Came back to my desk and the Sun was dead; no pings, nothing. Went back
> to CoLo and the terminal showed the 'Ok' prompt (single-user mode?).
> What the heck happened there?
>
> Ben Ricker
> System Administrator
> Wellinx.com
>
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