You're looking for a "reverse telnet" facility, not to be mistaken
with "remote telnet" -- both are often called "rtelnet". In this
case, I mean the former.
The rtelnet server actually hosts the serial line (e.g., /dev/ttyS{m});
a daemon listens to a TCP port for connections to the physical line. An
rtelnet client can either open the TCP port directly, or for processes
like getty, translate I/O from the client's pseudo tty (/dev/pty/{n})
to the server's /dev/ttyS{m}. The trick is usually translating things
like BREAK or tty signals.
www.freshmeat.net had one, and there are probably source versions
available from old USENET archives.
Regards,
Romain Kang Siemens Info/Comm Products, San Jose R&D
[EMAIL PROTECTED] formerly Pyramid Technology Corporation
Disclaimer: I represent myself alone, except where otherwise indicated.
| I'd like to use one of the serial ports on my RH5.2 server as a local
| serial port on my RH5.2 workstation. I need to run terminal s/w, jpilot
| and various other crud on it.
|
| What is the appropriate utility to map a remote serial port to a local
| serial device?
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