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[Andrew <ald2 AT arrakis.es>]

3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> > Am I right in thinking the bl3 ssh packet only 
> > includes client programs?
> >    
>
> Yes.  BL3 was designed to be a network client, not a 
> server.  That includes dhcp, telnet, ftp, pop3, smtp 
> and dns.  The one exception is http, for which BL3
> provides both a client and a server.  
>  
>
> BL3 doesn't even have local login, let alone a remote
> login capability.
>
> With BL1 and BL2 (which have local login), you can
> use the in.telnetd executable from Slackware (it's 
> in the tcpip1.tgz package) to provide a telnet login:
> -----------------
> in.telnetd -debug
> -----------------
> That will give you a single remote login.
>
> However, I have never tried the above on BL3 and expect 
> it to fail (because there's no local login capability).
> If anybody decides to experiment with in.telnetd on 
> BL3, please report back here with your findings.
>  
What I want to do is set up a headless machine to play music in the 
kid's room and control it from another machine. I spent two days trying 
to put together a bootfloppy with everything needed but eventually gave 
up. I just don't have your know-how (and most of the documentation I 
found was hideously outdated). I've got bl3 on a 121 mega hd now and 
shall try adding a few packets to see where I get. Any other sggestions 
are welcome.

Andrew