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Date:      Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:00:52 -0500
From:      Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
To:        ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Freebsd on Remote Terminal?
Message-ID:  <19971022090052.02383@right.PCS>
In-Reply-To: <TCPSMTP.17.10.22.1.39.44.3047923923.1901@bbs.dcoisp.net>; from ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net on Oct 10, 1997 at 01:39:44AM -0500
References:  <TCPSMTP.17.10.22.1.39.44.3047923923.1901@bbs.dcoisp.net>

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On Oct 10, 1997 at 01:39:44AM -0500, ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net wrote:
> Hello everyone.
> I have recently installed freebsd 2.2.2, and now I would like to
> accomplish the following task.  I need to be able to login to freebsd
> from a remote terminal.  The reason is because I have a speech output
> device on this remote terminal that is my only way of seeing the screen.
>  Of course, once I get all my networking cards ETC configured, I can
> just rlogin to it or telnet, but for now, I need to access my new
> freebsd box over a remote terminal.  What are the files that I need to
> modify to accomplish this?  Also, if there is some documentation that I
> should be reading on this subject, if you could point me to it, I don't
> mind reading.  I just don't have a lot of time to figure this out since
> I can't always have someone there reading the screen for me.

Assuming that your terminal is connected through a serial port, you'll
just need to modify /etc/ttys, and turn the status of the correct serial
port from "off" to "on".  Then 'kill -HUP 1' to re-read the /etc/ttys file.

See the ttys(5) man page.
--
Jonathan



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