Initial installation and configuration

Hi,

I'm experiencing difficulties in getting Conserver working after the initial 
installation. I am able to start the conserver daemon, however when I 
connect using 'console -a serverA', I don't get the serverA's console login. 
No output appears, other than the ^Ec escape sequence. 'console -u' shows 
that the port is up, but the communication is still a problem.

I've installed a Cyclom Y RISC-Based Multiport Serial Board (16 port, db25 
pin) to a standalone p.c running Linux Redhat 7.0 kernel 2.2.16-22 i686. The 
software provided with the board successfully tested its installation. I 
then extracted the tarball, and ran the following commands for installation:

# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/conserver \
--with-cffile=/usr/local/conserver/etc/conserver.cf \
--pwdfile=/usr/local/conserver/etc/conserver.passwd

# make
# make install

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My conserver.cf file contains the following information:

LOGDIR=/var/log
serverA:/dev/ttyC0:9600:&:15m
%%
allowed:  127.0.0.1 serverA

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My conserver.passwd file contains:

root:*passwd*:any
shal:*passwd*:any

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I read elsewhere that mingetty  doesn't suffice for serial lines so I 
installed a mgetty rpm, however it hasn't resolved my problem. My 
/etc/inittab file is the generic installation file, with this entry for 
mgetty:

s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -r -s 9600 /dev/ttyC0

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I'm a new user, so I'm not sure what else needs to be considered when 
configuring the setup. The Linux PC's only purpose is to act at the console 
access server, it's not networked. The intention is to attach the serial 
consoles of several Sun servers to the serial board. If more information is 
required, please advise so I can provide these. Any assistance is very much 
appreciated.

Thanks,
Shal Halka
Unix Systems Administrator


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