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- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!newsserver.sfu.ca!wonge
- From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong)
- Subject: Yes! Remote login works... kinda...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.111947.18363@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 11:19:47 GMT
- Lines: 86
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- Hi all. I'm sure some of you may have realized that I've
- been on c.o.l. for some time and have regularly bothered most of
- you 'bout remote logins.
-
- Well, I KINDA have it working. Not necessarily the BEST idea,
- but here's how I got it working. I KNOW it's the the BEST way, but
- hey.
-
- When someone phones in, I just login as a root, and do a
- "getty -h 2400 ttys1". And they see the prompt a few seconds after
- connection. HOWEVER, the problem with this is:-
-
- 1) I am NOT gonna sit in front of the terminal all day to
- execute that command whenever someone phones in.
-
- 2) When the person logs off, the person's id is still 'logged'
- on, well, when I do a 'w', it shows the person still on,
- even if the guy is logged off!!
-
- 3) Related to 2, somehow, when that happens, the modem is
- locked, so I can't use minicom or anything. Kermit is
- alright. Does anyone know how to unlock /dev/modem?
-
- So basically, what I did was umm.. 'cheating', so to speak.
-
- Right now, when the computer reboots and loads the linux
- stuff, it skips the usual 'init' stuff and therefore it bypasses
- 'inittab' FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON. Moreover, the 'getty' and
- 'uugetty' is not setup at all. I don't know what I did to the system
- to get it COMPLETELY IGNORING the INIT sequence, or even the
- 'rc' sequence!!! ARGGh....
-
- So right now, the following happens when I reboot and
- when linux reloads:-
-
- ttys0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
- ttys1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
- 8 virtual consoles
- lp_init: lp1 exists (0)
- No Logitech bus mouse detected.
- No PS/2 type pointing device detected.
- No Microsoft bus mouse detected.
- No ATI bus mouse detected
- Memory: 6640k/8448k available (356k kernel, 384k reserved, 68k data)
- Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.2M, fd1 is 1.44M
- sock_init: initializing family 1 (AF_UNIX)
- scsi : 0 hosts.
- scsi : detected 0 SCSI disks 0 tapes 0 CD-ROM drives total.
- hda :
- part 1 start 53 size 135362 end 135414
- part 2 start 135415 size 103350 end 238764
- Partition table ok.
- Linux version 0.98.pl1-37 (root@softland) 10/12/92 14:54:40
-
- Softlanding Software (604) 360-0188, ...
- Welcome to Linux SLS .98.p5. Type "menu" for a menu driven interface
-
- login:
-
-
- So like, it skips the 'init' part. HOW do I know that? Well, before
- I screwed around with the system, it gave me MAJOR "socket" errors,
- and stuff like that... Somehow I prefer it not throwing out errors,
- but when it ignores my inittab or whatever, then something must be done.
-
- My question, after all the background information is given, is
- WHY is it skipping the 'init' sequence where it checks for the
- 'tty's and the ttys's? Related to the opening sequence of events,
- how do I get it to display "(root@eagles)" <or something else> instead
- of "(root@softland)"?
-
- So can I take it, from the above info, that my TCP/IP ISN'T setup
- properly, and if so, how do I set it up?
-
- Anyhow, I'm PLEADING for some help here...
-
- Pleeeez... preeetttyy pleeeez can someone help me....???
- <grin-I hope my grovelling might persuade someone to help me> :)
-
-
-
- --
- InterNet: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca | "Fail not; Learn Not.
- | It is with failing, that one learns,
- | So by Learning, one must fail." - Edmund Wong
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