On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 10:03:00AM -0700, Greg Thomas wrote: > > $ sudo tip tty01 > > Is this just for boot messages? It's my understanding (minimal, at > that) that you can't do this for logins both directions because getty > will tie up the port? >
Nope, full access as connecting from tty01 on one box to tty00 on the other. As the cables are crossed it is the same for each box: > > > > 2 null modem serial cables, cross connected thusly: > > > > box-a pccom0 connected to box-b pccom1 > > box-b pccom0 connected to box-a pccom1 > > $ hostname teak.kepax.co.uk $ sudo tip tty01 Password: connected OpenBSD/i386 (birch.kepax.co.uk) (tty00) login: root Password: Last login: Thu Sep 13 20:43:05 on ttyp0 from teak.kepax.co.uk OpenBSD 4.1 (GENERIC) #1435: Sat Mar 10 19:07:45 MST 2007 Welcome to OpenBSD: The proactively secure Unix-like operating system. Please use the sendbug(1) utility to report bugs in the system. Before reporting a bug, please try to reproduce it with the latest version of the code. With bug reports, please try to ensure that enough information to reproduce the problem is enclosed, and if a known fix for it exists, include that as well. You have new mail. Terminal type? [vt220] # tip tty01 connected OpenBSD/i386 (teak.kepax.co.uk) (tty00) login: wonkey-donkey Password: Last login: Fri Sep 14 20:42:34 on ttyp2 from 192-168-253-150.dhcp.kepax.co.uk OpenBSD 4.1 (GENERIC) #1435: Sat Mar 10 19:07:45 MST 2007 Welcome to OpenBSD: The proactively secure Unix-like operating system. Please use the sendbug(1) utility to report bugs in the system. Before reporting a bug, please try to reproduce it with the latest version of the code. With bug reports, please try to ensure that enough information to reproduce the problem is enclosed, and if a known fix for it exists, include that as well. You have new mail. $ Nice eh? -- Craig Skinner | http://www.kepax.co.uk | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
