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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.hk.net!hk.linkage.net!error From: error@HK.LinkAGE.NET (Kenneth Lam) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: How to use serial port login? Date: 12 Jul 1996 03:42:30 GMT Organization: LinkAGE Online Limited Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4s4hj6$c76@news.hk.linkage.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: wyvern.hk.linkage.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23361 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4298 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1236 Could anybody kindly tell me how to use a null modem to use the serial port login? what should I set in order to make the com port active for login? I only editted the /etc/ttys but it seems the getty is not activated for the serial port, what else should I do? Could you pls email me tell me how to do so? Thx in advance. Best regards, Kenneth error@hk.linkage.net