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From: b6ps@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Peter Howlett)
Subject: Re: [netbsd 0.9] terminal on com ports
Message-ID: <1993Oct18.154054.27641@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
Organization: University of New Brunswick
References: <2956kr$bm5@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> <1993Oct13.121947.19474@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> <wmbfmk.750607495@rwc.urc.tue.nl>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 15:40:54 GMT
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In article <wmbfmk.750607495@rwc.urc.tue.nl> wmbfmk@rwc.urc.tue.nl (Marc van Kempen) writes:
>But, I have 'mesg y' and 'biff y' in my .login and when they are
>executed they give a message that I can't write to com0, but in my /etc/ttys
>I specify tty00, so I should be using /dev/tty00 for the connection.
>(BTW com0 is a link to tty00)
>As a result of this, I think, I can also not see myself
>with 'w' when I'm logged in via the dialup.
>
>It seems like there's something structurally wrong, or not?
>
For what it's worth, I have this problem (sort of) as well. When
I use a dialup line defined on com0, I get logged in with tty00.
Of course this means that com0 still has only rw perms for root so
mesg y and so on wont work if they dont know I'm on tty00. I also
do not show up in the utmp file (I do however, show up in wtmp).
Why do I get logged in with tty00 instead of com0 (as listed in ttys)?
Got me---
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From: Peter Howlett University of New Brunswick
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