Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 07:36:17 -0400 From: Mark Thomas <thomas@pmpro.com> To: Kim Scarborough <lists@jinx.unknown.nu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using tip to get on console Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990608073617.00fdb5d0@pop.pmpro.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990607185749.16806A-100000@jinx.unknown.nu>
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At 07:06 PM 6/7/99 -0500, Kim Scarborough wrote: >I have something of an unusual situation. My FreeBSD box is colocated in a >NOC that I don't usually have access to. If it crashes or loses network >connectivity, I'd like to be able to get on console remotely. A friend has >another FreeBSD box at the same place, and we both have accounts on each >other's machines. I thought maybe I could hook up a serial cable from his >serial port to console on my machine (and vice versa), and then if I need >to get on console on my machine, I can just log into his machine and use >tip cuaa0c or whatever to get on mine (and he can do the same thing on >mine when he's down). My questions are these: > >1) Does this sound like it will work? I have this sort of set up in use internally to reduce monitors in the core. Works fine except that FreeBSD occasionally drops the tip session on its face during a reboot. Usually a reconnect fixes the problem. I haven't had time to really pursue the cause of this. >2) How can I send a CTRL-ALT-DELETE (if my machine is really locked up) if >I'm using SecureCRT on a Windows box to log on to my friends machine and >hooked into my machine with tip? Is there an equivalent key combination >that I can map to one of the F keys? I'm afraid I don't know the answer to this one, but it's a good question. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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