[Coco] Tutorial on Telnet/inetd on Coco3 DW4 (is there one?)

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 11 October 2012 11:41:51 Bob Devries did opine:

> All:
> 
> it looks like it's mandatory to redirect the output of inetd to
> *somehwere* it keeps outputting debug information.
> 
> So maybe:
> 
> inetd >/w&
> 
> would be better. I'll try that out soonest. I'm still playing :)
> 
> I did find out that you *don't* press the up-arrow key on the PC
> keyboard; that terminates TeraTerm.
> 
Its similar to using minicom on /t2 then.  The only valid, move the cursor 
keys are typing normal ascii, and the backspace.  Anything else like the up 
arrow, is sent with an esc sequence, terminating the shell on the coco, but 
since it was launched with a "shell -i=/t2 &", it pops right back up, minus 
any tmode .1 settings you may have applied.  Thats a genuine PIMA.

I went down and played some just now.  While I can't write to the startup 
file, I _can_ rename it.  So I edit the file on the other drive, then 
rename the active startup to something else, then copy it in from the other 
drive and tap the rest button.  Works a treat, and I now have inetd's 
output on a black on white /w3.

Could I put an input redirect from /w3 on that same invocation line, or 
would that screw up its ability to open /sys/inetd.conf?

We need an 'lsof' for nitros9 to find this  stuff.  It sure would simplify 
finding these problems. :)

> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Bob Devries
>   To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>   Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 4:27 PM
>   Subject: Tutorial on Telnet/inetd on Coco3 DW4 (is there one?)
> 
> 
>   Hi all,
> 
>   I'd love to see a quick tutorial on how to use telnet between my coco3
> running DW (inetd et al) and my PC running TeraTerm (in Telnet client
> mode)
> 
>   So far, I started up inetd like this:
> 
>   inetd&
> 
>   which caused it to print:
> 
>   opened inetd.conf ok
>   Reading line: 6806 telnet protect banner,login,
>   Send listen
>   Got netpath and setup ports
>   SS.SSig on NetPath
> 
>   I can then press ENTER and that takes me back to the OS-9 prompt.
> 
>   I'm assuming somesort of username/password needs to be setup (in
> SYS?). What else do I need?
> 
>   If I start up TeraTerm, and set it to use TCP and Telnet, it soon
> times out and quits.
> 
>   What else do I need to know, and where can I find that information?
> 
>   Regards, Bob Devries
>   Dalby, QLD, Australia
> 
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