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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] serial networking and telnet server
  • Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:33:01 +1300

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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