[plug] Linux replacing terminal server

[Bernd Felsche]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 11:47:59AM +0800, Matt Kemner wrote:
> > getty typically collects a username and then passes that to a login
> > procedure as an argument... telnet won't accept that...
> 
> Try using rlogin (or better yet, ssh) instead of telnet.
> It should work with any getty then.

Target host doesn't (yet) have sshd - and I'd need to have the hosts
trust each other at the un-authenticated login stage from the dumb
terminal.

I'd considered rlogin in pretty much the same vein. Problem is then
password synch between "terminal server" and target host if the user
moves around.

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