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...ones b4 connect T1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyACM0 -D /dev/ttyACM0 <...> To enable dial-in uncomment the corresponding line at '/etc/mgetty +sendfax/login.config' file with the previously created profile: [root at spoolbox crash]# cat /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config <...> /AutoPPP/ - - /usr/sbin/pppd file /etc/ppp/options.server <...> You can even trim more for incomming calls using the corresponding features at '/etc/mgetty+sendfax/dialin.config', in my case i left it untouched without restrictions. And config the line in '/etc/mgetty+sendfax/m...

...get regullary probed from strange phone numbers (and those are dedicated modem lines -- no voice calls on them, not listed in white pages, too often on too many lines to be the simple case of wrong number). While there, check login.config file. If you don't want PPP on it, make sure /AutoPPP/ is commented (should be default). Make sure "* - - /bin/login @" line is not commented (should be last line in the default config file). That's the line that will give you login prompt. Edit /etc/inittab and add something like this: s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -D -n 2 -s 1152...

Hi Not entirely centos related but that what the boxes are running so here i go ;) 2 of our centos boxes run nagios for network monitoring and send email and paging alerts and are connected to standard phone lines using modems to send the pages. I'm looking for a way in the event of provider failure to login to these machines and so am looking at the ability to connect to the console over

...dial in, and authenticate with it. Here's what happens when I try to dial in with a domain account: Aug 22 12:09:00 gatekeeper mgetty[23404]: data dev=ttyS0, pid=23404, caller='none' , conn='33600/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', user='/AutoPPP/ ' Aug 22 12:09:00 gatekeeper pppd[23404]: pppd 2.4.1 started by a_ppp, uid 0 Aug 22 12:09:00 gatekeeper pppd[23404]: Using interface ppp0 Aug 22 12:09:00 gatekeeper pppd[23404]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 Aug 22 12:09:03 gatekeeper pam_winbind[23404]: user 'INTERCLEAN\davidb'...

Hi, I have a serial modem connected to /dev/ttyS0 on my CentOS server, I want to set up this server to allow connections through this serial modem but only to the console.... (I want to log in)... PS: I don't want PPP, I just want to get my linux console through this serial modem... What do I have to configure on my linux? Thanks for your time Regards; Israel