From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 20 01:05:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA17722 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 01:05:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from glitnir.cfar.umd.edu (root@glitnir.cfar.umd.edu [128.8.132.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA17718 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 01:05:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from arensb@cfar.umd.edu) Received: from cfar.umd.edu (arensb@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by glitnir.cfar.umd.edu (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id EAA02489; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 04:05:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801200905.EAA02489@glitnir.cfar.umd.edu> To: "Vladislav S. Davidzon" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disabling login In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jan 1998 21:26:09 EST." Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 04:05:27 -0500 From: Andrew Arensburger Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 19 Jan 1998 21:26:09 EST, "Vladislav S. Davidzon" wrote: > I have a server which has 8 dumb black and white terminals > attached to it via a Rocketport card. I need these terminals > to automatically telnet to an ip when the server is turned > on. My question is, how do I disable the login prompt from > showing up, and replace it with a script to rlogin / telnet > to another system? Start by looking at /etc/ttys (and RTFM, of course). That'll get you pointed in the right direction. Basically, you need to replace the 'getty' invocation with your script. -- Andrew Arensburger, Systems guy Center for Automation Research arensb@cfar.umd.edu University of Maryland It's not the money I want, it's the stuff.