Re: How do I setup OpenBSD to login automatically and lauch minicom?

2008-06-24 Thread Theodore Wynnychenko
>Here's a simple example of a script that just displays systat >on a terminal that you could run in place of a getty: >#!/bin/sh >TERM=vt220 /usr/bin/sudo -u nobody /usr/bin/systat vmstat < /dev/$1 > /dev/$1 >If you have problems, look at /var/log/authlog, if you see "getty >repeating too qui

Re: How do I setup OpenBSD to login automatically and lauch minicom?

2008-06-23 Thread Cameron Schaus
Why not launch minicom inside a "screen" session from rc.local? You can run it as the user you want, if you don't want it running as root. Cam Theodore Wynnychenko wrote: Hello I am trying to figure out how to modify the boot process to automatically spawn a minicom session. (I know I have m

Re: How do I setup OpenBSD to login automatically and lauch minicom?

2008-06-23 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-06-23, Theodore Wynnychenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I think the place for me to modify this process is by changing the > variable to execute getty in /etc/ttys to instead launch minicom? I tried > this, but (i guess, obviously) it did not work. getty takes care of setting up the

Re: How do I setup OpenBSD to login automatically and lauch minicom?

2008-06-23 Thread David Schulz
Hi, i would want to do something similar, but have not found the best way to have a user autologin to a certain console. What i did was i added a user "autologin" with some password. Then i added "su autologin" to /etc/rc.local. That takes care of logging the user in. Then i added my actions

How do I setup OpenBSD to login automatically and lauch minicom?

2008-06-22 Thread Theodore Wynnychenko
Hello I am trying to figure out how to modify the boot process to automatically spawn a minicom session. (I know I have many other options for what I am trying to do, but I thaught this would be a good way to learn someghing about OpenBSD.) Basically, I have an old laptop, and (partially as a way