Re: Logging in via serial console

From: Peter T. Breuer (ptb_at_oboe.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 10/08/03


Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:12:12 +0200

In comp.os.linux.setup noone <noone@noone.org> wrote:
> I have the following on my /etc/security/console.perms:
>
> <console>=tty[0-9][0-9]* vc/[0-9][0-9]* :[0-9]\.[0-9] :[0-9] /dev/ttyS0

Eh? I have no such file. Where do you get it from? What's it for?

> I added /dev/ttyS0 at the end of the line

It doesn't even conform to the other examples on the line! What are you
doing and why?

Peter