On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Simon Tennant wrote: > I currently have a Dec VT320 hooked up to my Debian box via a serial line > on /dev/ttyS1. This box sits in the kitchen spewing the output of a > tcpdump and provides and interesting way to monitor network activity in > the house.
Cool ;) > > I currently have to login and run "tcpdump -i eth1". I'd like tcpdump to > be run automatically when the console is powered up and for no input to be > accepted from the keyboard. > > To that end I've investigated getty-ps and mgetty. Both want a login or > at lease a username in the case of getty-ps. > > Has anyone successfully managed to get a prelogged in console working? > Never tried, but maybe you can do something with a script in /etc/init.d, or instead of running a getty on the terminal a script?? Ron > Thanks. > > -- > Simon Tennant, Web Team, Linuxcare, Inc. > 415.577.6719 tel, 415.701.7457 fax > pgp id: 05F76248FF62442C4D0010C09851C0746410974D > Linuxcare. Support for the revolution. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >