Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 02:25:11 +0100 From: "Geert Hendrickx" <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: arbitrary programs in /etc/ttys [BETTER SOLUTION] Message-ID: <20041107012511.GA16346@gemini.lori.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20041018185258.GA71347@lori.mine.nu> References: <20041018185258.GA71347@lori.mine.nu>
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 08:52:58PM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to turn an old pc into a serial console. I can perfectly get > a login on the other end of the line with "cu -l cuaa0", but I would > like to have this command started automatically at boot, so the users > don't need to be educated about cu :-). So I put the following in > /etc/ttys: > > ttyv0 "/usr/bin/cu -l cuaa0" vt100 on secure > > But this gives me the following error when restarting init: > > init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv0, sleeping 30 secs > > Apparently cu can not be started directly from /etc/ttys, can it? How > else should I accomplish this? > > GH I'm starting cu from /etc/rc.local now. It does the job, and now users can't even accidentally hit Ctrl-Alt-Fx and be stuck at another virtual terminal. GH -- :wq http://www.openstandaarden.be/
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