Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:24:50 -0800 From: "Kailas Ramasamy" <kailasr@gmail.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridging console port to a telnet session Message-ID: <ecd0bee40701171024p7c5b4944of45b4c407ed3c5f4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <17837.36471.343582.464631@bhuda.mired.org> References: <ecd0bee40701161503k385819ddgba5562e137630617@mail.gmail.com> <17837.25293.686122.147525@bhuda.mired.org> <ecd0bee40701161732v26112f24o2d8323c2777d2f7@mail.gmail.com> <17837.36471.343582.464631@bhuda.mired.org>
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Hi Mike, I read through fork() and exec() man pages but I couldn't find anything related to this. Basically, I want to launch a telnet session from a process and pass in /dev/console as stdin and stdout. Thanks Kailas On 1/16/07, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> wrote: > > In <ecd0bee40701161732v26112f24o2d8323c2777d2f7@mail.gmail.com>, Kailas > Ramasamy <kailasr@gmail.com> typed: > > Hi Mike, > > Yes, that what I am planing but I want to do this dynamically. Do you > know > > how to launch a > > telnet session from a process?. How do I pass stdin and stdout to the > telnet > > from a process?. > > See the fork() and exec() man pages. > > <mike > > > > On 1/16/07, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > -- > > > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> > > > http://www.mired.org/consulting.html > > > Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more > information. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> > http://www.mired.org/consulting.html > Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. >
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