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From: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org>
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Subject: Re: Bridging console port to a telnet session
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In <ecd0bee40701161503k385819ddgba5562e137630617@mail.gmail.com>, Kailas Ramasamy <kailasr@gmail.com> typed:
> Hi,
> Within a FreeBSD system, I want to telnet to another system and bridge that
> session to the
> console port so that when an user connects to the system via console port,
> it is automatically
> redirected to other system for I have already established a telnet session.

What's wrong with simply leaving a telnet session running on the
console, maybe with some support to relaunch it should it ever exit?

	<mike
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