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hi experts, l'm having doubts that regarding the remote dialin in redhat linux 7.2. it installed default getty call mingetty where i found it's startup when booting up in inittab. can it be use for dialin server or should i use mgetty ? where can i get more documentation or manual of mgetty or mingetty ?
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i've downloaded the mgetty1-0.0. after i've unzipped it and ran "make". it came out error "Makefile:371:***commands commence before first target. stop." please help...i've been bothered for a long time. any help would be appreciated. thanks.
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eddie
I'm pretty sure that one of getty variants included in distribution supports dialin logins, so you probably don't need to compile it yourself. For info about settin up dial-in server look there: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
A very good idea for every program in general is read: man program, info program, /usr/share/doc/program
A very good idea for every program in general is read: man program, info program, /usr/share/doc/program
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what getty that would be default installed in redhat linux distribution? the one i had defaultly installed is mingetty, unfortunely this getty does not support serial line.
You don't need to change mingetty: on virtual consoles it does its job pretty well. You only need other getty to listen on serial line.
Use packet manager to install other getty, then edit /etc/inittab to make it start on serial line. Read RedHat documentation if you want to learn how to install packets and edit configuration files.
Use packet manager to install other getty, then edit /etc/inittab to make it start on serial line. Read RedHat documentation if you want to learn how to install packets and edit configuration files.
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do you know anything about mgetty ?
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