Re: Please help - dialin-server?

[Jasper Wallace <jasper%pointless.net@localhost>]

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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Nino on NetBSD 4.0 wrote:

> Thank you, I just had a quick look at it... looks promising... but can I only
> transmit characters with it, or really log in? I would like to log in.

I guess by 'log in' you mean 'use X windows' (the graphical user 
interface).

In which case you'll need to set up ppp and tcp/ip and then use vnc or X 
for remote screen access.

To get ppp working i think you need to:

edit /etc/ttys, add the right device name for your serial port 
(/dev/ttyU0 for ucom0, umodem will also end up as a /dev/ttyU<something> 
device, but i'm not sure which one), replace the "/usr/libexec/getty 
std.9600" with "/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyU<whatever> 115200 passive auth"

(and probably a some more options, i'm not sure what the minimal set is).

(you may want a better baud rate than 115200).

You'll need to use private ip's for the link, e.g. 10.11.12.1:10.11.12.2 

For remote access to an X session i've used Xvnc with these command line 
args:

Xvnc :1 -desktop thingy -auth /home/user/.Xauthority -geometry 1024x768 
- -depth 16 -rfbwait 120000 -rfbauth /home/user/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5901 

You'll need vncpasswd(1) to generate ~/.vnc/passwd

(I also use -localhost, but thats cos I access it over an ssh tunnel, 
You may want to do that too, but thats aditional overhead).

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