Error on login console tty1 "-bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): inappropriate ioctl for device.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Getting following error message on the login console tty1.

    -bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device
    -bash: no job control in this shell
    
  • Users are not able to login through tty1 but they are able to login through tty[2-8].

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)

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