Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!pemurray From: pemurray@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Peter Murray) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: help sought - securing a terminal/line Message-ID: <2152.26ca99bc@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 16 Aug 90 18:03:55 GMT References: <=D25VBE@xds13.ferranti.com> <1990Aug9.235428.1697@dg-rtp.dg.com> <3868@auspex.auspex.com> <1990Aug14.161816.3450@chinet.chi.il.us> Lines: 16 In article <1990Aug14.161816.3450@chinet.chi.il.us>, les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes: > Does anything support the now-ubiquituous devices that announce the connection > speed in ASCII before bringing up CD or does everyone still have to > write their own code for this if they don't want the users to have to > send something before getting the login prompt? I found the source code for AGETTY, an alternative getty for SYSV, at gatekeeper.dec.com (annonymous FTP) when I was working with this problem before. This program should do the trick for you, and it is (relatively) easy to port it to BSD, if you need to. Peter -- Peter Murray Neat UNIX Stunts #7: pemurray@miavx1.bitnet 215 Foxfire Dr #308 csh> %blow murrayp@apsvax.aps.muohio.edu Oxford, OH 45056 NeXT Mail: pmurray@next4.acs.muohio.edu