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- From: gero@gkminix.han.de (Gero Kuhlmann)
- Subject: Re: HELP - Need to log in through serial port
- References: <1992Dec14.030737.20420@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: gkminix, Hannover, Germany
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 18:06:09 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.180609.3804@gkminix.han.de>
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- cronin@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Fester the Penguin) writes:
- > I do have access to dumb terminals, and I've all the serial cables and null
- > modem adapters I need... but, how do I set up Linux to accept logins from
- > the serial port? Preferably something I can type blind... :-) This'll let me
- > use the PC for some things until I can get enough money for another VGA
- > monitor.....
-
- Login as root, then:
- cd /etc
- mv inittab inittab.old
- elvis inittab
-
- Within elvis type:
- ittys1:vt200:/etc/getty 9600 ttys1<ESC>ZZ
-
- Note the small 'i' at the beginning which places elvis into insert mode. You
- will also probably have to change ttys1 for your serial port (COM1 = ttys0,
- COM2 = ttys1 etc.). The 'ZZ' at the end write everything into the file and quit
- elvis.
- Then you have to activate the new inittab by:
- kill -1 1
- or simply by rebooting (which is probably better).
-
- I think this could be done without a screen. Don't forget to connect DCD at
- the serial port. Otherwise getty can get a SIGHUP.
-
- gero.
-
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