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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> I could not login via telnet as root.
> Various websites said to add to securetty as devices
> pts/0 to pts/9 - what are these?

Your telnet login will tell you which device you are
coming in on.  It is probably:  ttyp1

> securetty comes with four lines starting in # and 
> continuing with ttyp0 through 3 which I uncommented.

Those are the ones for telnet.

> Various websites said to log in as user and then su root.  

su gives super user (root) access to ordinary users
(if they know the root password).

> Well, now I can telnet or do send/receive between two 
> computers hooked up with ethernet cable, both in linux, 
> but not over serial cable.

/root/netsetup has a template for networking via serial cable.

Cheers,
Steven

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