On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 04:30:22PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote > > A friend want to connect his Debian laptop and a Windows box > through a null-modem cable; we thought a PPP link would be most > flexible in terms of usability (http, ftp, telnet, etc). > > He uncommented the `getty -L ttyS1 19200 vt100' line in > /etc/inittab and added the serail port to /etc/securetty. > In the Windows log files, he can see that the "Debian GNU/Linux 2.1" > login prompt appear. >
You are probably best off using the "mgetty" package rather than getty. It provides an "auto_PPP" feature (configurable on a port-by-port basis, in /etc/mgetty/login.config) that will automatically start pppd (ideally, with PAP authentication) if it sees a pppd (e.g., Win95) on the other end. You will have to configure it not to expect a modem. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
