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- From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore)
- Subject: Re: SLIP set up, but how to connect?
- Message-ID: <42vnjpk.alm@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 21:29:06 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <r0rn0hj.alm@netcom.com>
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- In article <r0rn0hj.alm@netcom.com> I write:
- >On one system SLIP autologin is set up as per the sliplogin man page
- >(sliplogin linked to /etc/, passwd entry added with vipw, etc). On the
- >second system, only the 386bsd distribution installation disk is
- >installed (and a patched kernel from the first system). I can use
- >the second system as a serial terminal (connecting with tip) on the
- >first. But how to I get a SLIP connection?
- >[...]
- >I have tried:
- >
- >login via tip before slattach to the first system using SLIP login
- >name (Sworm). autolgoin fails in slip.login.
-
- The problem was that the /etc/slip.login script didn't have
- executable permissions set. Argh
- Thanks to Mark Solsman.
- -AM
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