Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 10:46:47 +0200 From: Stable User <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> To: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Logging in over serial console Message-ID: <20020521104647.A45802@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20020521000756.GB32542@icarus.slightlystrange.org>; from dan@slightlystrange.org on Tue, May 21, 2002 at 01:07:56AM %2B0100 References: <20020521000756.GB32542@icarus.slightlystrange.org>
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On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 01:07:56AM +0100, Daniel Bye typed: > Hi all, > > I have my firewall box (4.5-RELEASE) sending its boot messages to the > serial console, using -P in /boot.config. Am I supposed to be able to > use the console to get a log in? It would be handy, as I have a two-way > KVM switch, and three machines - if the only single-boot, functionally- > dedicated machine could be booted and used over the console, I wouldn't > have to keep smacking the back of my head on the underside of my desk as > I change cables over! Did you edit /etc/ttys to start a getty on your serial console port? ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure Just change "off" to "on". Then do a kill -HUP 1. This is documented in the handbook. > > I can't find any more notes about this in the docs or Google, so thought > I'd turn to y'all for help. > > Thanks for any insights. > > Dan > > -- > Daniel Bye > > PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc > PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC > _ > ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > - against HTML, vCards and X > - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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