I have two Debian boxes connected with a nullmodem cable. The first unit is connected to my ISP using a modem and ppp. I want the second box to use the first as a gateway. sliplogin/slattach seems like what I want but I get the following when I run sliplogin:
attaching slip unit sl0 for Ssolo2 /etc/slip.login sl0 115200 17944 Ssolo2 clark 192.168.0.254 0xffffff00 ioctl (SIOCSIFENCAP): Invalid argument I think SIOCSIFENCAP is trying to set the tty and failing. I setup /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/slip.hosts, and /etc/slip.tty according to the Net-3-Howto so that sliplogin is the login shell for the user Ssolo2. I added Ssolo2 to the dip group and the permissions on sliplogin are "-rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip". I have a getty running on ttyS0 and I'm using kermit in an xterm on the client machine to get a login prompt from the server. I can login OK as a regular user but get the ioctl error when I login as Ssolo2. On the client side I get the following messages then a pause and a new login prompt. Starting auto slip for Ssolo2 Your IP address is 192.168.0.254, the server is clark Any idea what's wrong or can anyone suggest a better way to connect these machines without ethernet cards? Is kermit the right way to establish the connection? BTW the server is running hamm and the client is running bo, slip is compiled as a module on the both machines. Thanks, Bob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
