Re: Bridging console port to a telnet session

2007-01-17 Thread Kailas Ramasamy
Hi Mike, Thanks a lot. This is what I was looking for. -Kailas On 1/17/07, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kailas Ramasamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > Hi Mike, > I read through fork() and exec() man pages but I couldn't find

Re: Bridging console port to a telnet session

2007-01-17 Thread Kailas Ramasamy
MAIL PROTECTED]>, Kailas Ramasamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > Hi Mike, > Yes, that what I am planing but I want to do this dynamically. Do you know > how to launch a > telnet session from a process?. How do I pass stdin and stdout to the telnet > from a process?. See the fork(

Re: Bridging console port to a telnet session

2007-01-16 Thread Kailas Ramasamy
Hi Mike, Yes, that what I am planing but I want to do this dynamically. Do you know how to launch a telnet session from a process?. How do I pass stdin and stdout to the telnet from a process?. Thanks Kailas On 1/16/07, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bridging console port to a telnet session

2007-01-16 Thread Kailas Ramasamy
Hi, Within a FreeBSD system, I want to telnet to another system and bridge that session to the console port so that when an user connects to the system via console port, it is automatically redirected to other system for I have already established a telnet session. Your help is greatly appreciate

Console and Shell

2007-01-15 Thread Kailas Ramasamy
Hi, I would like to understand how the shell is tied to the console port. When an user connects a terminal to the system via console port, a shell is started and tied to the console port (/dev/console ?). Can some someone explain how this whole process works?. It would be great if you can point me