From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 16 12:03:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA06771 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:03:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.shlink.de (root@mail.shlink.de [194.64.6.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA06759 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:03:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.shlink.de (Smail3.1.29.1 #1) id m0tcHfP-000ScvC; Tue, 16 Jan 96 21:07 MET Received: (from hw@localhost) by thor.shn.com (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA04024 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Jan 1996 19:37:30 +0100 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 19:37:30 +0100 Message-Id: <199601151837.TAA04024@thor.shn.com> From: hw@thor.shn.com (Henning Wickhorst) Subject: Re: connecting a terminal to a freebsd machine To: questions@freebsd.org Organization: Private site Reply-To: h.wickhorst@elmshorn.netsurf.de Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Geoffrey Deasey (deasey@server1.netpath.net) wrote: : what if anything do I need to do to gettytab to allow logging in from a : terminal. I have no monitor and have a terminal connected to dos's com1 : and a modem connected to dos's com2. Edit your '/etc/ttys' file. The line for ttyd0 (COM1) should look like this: # Serial terminals ------------------------------------------------ ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400 vt100 on secure | | | | | | | if you want to | | | log in as root | | | | | enabele terminal | | | terminal Type | speed setting -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Henning Wickhorst Elmshorn, Germany E-Mail: h.wickhorst@elmshorn.netsurf.de ------------------------------------------------------------------