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From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore)
Subject: Re: SLIP set up, but how to connect?
Message-ID: <42vnjpk.alm@netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 21:29:06 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
References: <r0rn0hj.alm@netcom.com>
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In article <r0rn0hj.alm@netcom.com> I write:
>On one system SLIP autologin is set up as per the sliplogin man page
>(sliplogin linked to /etc/, passwd entry added with vipw, etc). On the
>second system, only the 386bsd distribution installation disk is
>installed (and a patched kernel from the first system). I can use
>the second system as a serial terminal (connecting with tip) on the
>first. But how to I get a SLIP connection?
>[...]
>I have tried:
>
>login via tip before slattach to the first system using SLIP login
>name (Sworm). autolgoin fails in slip.login.
The problem was that the /etc/slip.login script didn't have
executable permissions set. Argh
Thanks to Mark Solsman.
-AM