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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

Com3 (ttyS2) set up in /inittab on this computer that I am typing on.

I could not get the dumb terminal business to work.
Kermit is setting line now (sometimes slowly on both computers).
I could not figure out what to do after I set line and connect.
I think C-Kermit does not provide dumb terminal features, will try DOS 
MSKermit next.

I tried connecting via ethernet but have no idea what I am doing.
Set up ethernet anyway (insmod and ifconfig).

Tried in.telnetd again and it works.  I don't recall if it worked before 
insmod rtl8139 and ifconfig but it does now.  Might I be telnetted over 
the ethernet connection not the serial cable?

I switched to vt2 on the computer running the telnet server and dialed.
I went back to the computer telnetted to that computer, on which I have 
logged in as user.  I cannot use links graphical because svgalib is not 
set up for use by 'user' and root still does not have permission to login 
despite adding ttyS2 to securetty.  How am I supposed to set up the other 
file that might give root login permission (login.conf?).

I can use links-0.93 and lynx.  So I tried lynx and discovered that at the
BL site the Linux HOWTO gives me a 404 not found, with a note that the 
HOWTOs have been merged.  Link needs fixing.

I can also telnet to my shell account where I am writing this mail.
Have not yet tried file transfer, which might work if I used kermit to 
telnet instead of plain telnet, which I will try next.

Did you say send/receive would work over a telnet connection?

I hope this works again.  Flaky setup or I don't know what I am doing.

keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org