1) Ignore /etc/ttytype 'cause the kernel has already set 'linux'
OBKernel: IMO the kernel should NOT set the terminal type any more,
init/getty, telnetd and rlogind are by far better places.
With the existance of serial and printer consoles having
the terminal type defined during /etc/rc has become stupidly
dangerous.
2) Keep writing records to wtmp if the terminal is turned off, eventually
restarting so often that init disables the inittab line.
3) Ignoring a positive DTR/DSR transition and not transmitting a banner
until the user types a CR.
4) Ignoring a negitive DTR/DSR transition by not setting CLOCAL and
HUPCL for the /bin/login program.
5) Keep timing out the input on the terminal line every 60 seconds while
DTR/DSR is active again filling up wtmp with useless records and
possibly causing itself to be disabled by init when the terminal is
left turned on.
None of the standard ones supposedly designed for seial ports actually seem
to work correctly. The 'mingetty' program seems to do the right thing but
it doesn't have speed setting or speed change on BREAK. So I grabbed the
source and hardwired the speed to 115k2 and it works perfectly now.
--
Rob. (Robert de Bath <http://poboxes.com/rdebath>)
<rdebath @ poboxes.com> <http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday>
On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, wu_yb wrote:
> I use a linux box as firewall, and manage it from a terminal
> attatched to its COM1. If I exit hyperterminal without logout from
> linux, the next time I open the terminal, linux doesn't prompt me
> for passwd, as if I don't exit since last login.
> ( linux 2.0.35, agetty )
> Please CC to me.
>
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