From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 8 13:06:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B33C16A4EA for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:06:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FC1D43D1D for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:06:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from underway@comcast.net) Received: from localhost.localdomain (c-24-17-47-224.client.comcast.net[24.17.47.224]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2004030821060601200iv96te>; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 21:06:06 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i28L7FR0029405 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:07:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from underway@comcast.net) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i28L7Ak2029402; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:07:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from underway@comcast.net) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: underway@comcast.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:07:09 -0800 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Reasonable Discussion, berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: network type console and /etc/ttys X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 21:06:07 -0000 /etc/ttys has a field called "type" and says that "network" is an option, but I can't find that expanded upon in its manpage or in the Handbook or FAQ. I've tried googling, but my searches either return a small list with no relevant info or a huge list that seems to be all off topic. The file has "network" for "Pseudo terminals" (ttyp#), but that isn't enough of a clue for me, either. The basic question is whether and how one can set up a remote (LAN) terminal, probably using that "network" type in /etc/ttys (without using X11). How does one specify which network port, for example? It seems like it should be handled very much like setting up a RS-232-type serial terminal. The original problem was whether and how one can do that for the console terminal, to support even single-user mode. Seems like basic stuff, but I've never seen mention of it before. Thanks. (And a guy on a local mailing list who's about to buy a multiport "serial" card might thank you too.)