Felipe Alvarez Harnecker wrote: > Peter S Galbraith writes: > > A friend want to connect his Debian laptop and a Windows box > > through a null-modem cable; we thought a PPP link would be most > > flexible in terms of usability (http, ftp, telnet, etc). > > > > He uncommented the `getty -L ttyS1 19200 vt100' line in > > /etc/inittab and added the serail port to /etc/securetty. > > In the Windows log files, he can see that the "Debian GNU/Linux 2.1" > > login prompt appear. > > Don't start a getty instead start pppd from init or a shell > script in /etc/init.d/.
Really? The pppd will sit there waiting for possibly hours for someone to connect? What happens when the user disconnects? > See the manuals. Which manuals? > Just curious, how do you set up the Winbug side of the ppp connection > ?? I have forwarded your answer for him to answer. Thanks! Peter
