Re: /usr/bin/tip + serial console?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:55:29 +0000
raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:47:32 +0100
> Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 02:36:26PM +0000, raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost
> > wrote:
> > > What do I need to do to enable login prompt?
> > 
> > Edit /etc/ttys and "/etc/rc.d/init reload".
> > 
> > Martin
> 
> There is no /etc/rc.d/init file, did you mean something else?

Just do 'kill -1 1'...
> 
> Also in /etc/ttys, what's the difference between
> 
> tty[E0-E3], ttya, ttyb and ttyh0, ttyh1
> 
> i.e. what different serial ports do they refer to?
> 
E[0-3] are different names for at least a VGA console -- see wscons
-- but I don't recall what they do with a serial console.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb