Aled Morris wrote: > On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > >My money is on the hacked CR-greedy getty, though... > > Why not bring up ppp or slip on the line permanently 10.0.0.1 -> 10.0.0.2 > > Maybe you could bind a standalone telnetd to that IP only?
The purpose is to handle things that can only be handled by a console, not a network. Like typing in "boot -s kernel.old". If it could be handled over a network, we wouldn't be talking about serial consoles or cables in the first place. If they were local, we wouldn't be talking about serial consoles or cables in the first place. So this is all about how to be cheap with two boxes and avoid having to buy a termial server by using "the buddy system". -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
