Dan Langille wrote:
> I have two remote boxes. My colocation hosts have strung a crossover
> serial cable from com1 to com1 on these boxes. The idea is that if I
> paint myself into a corner on one box, I can get access to it from
> the other box via the serial cable.
>
> But...
>
> I will need to set up serial consoles on each box in advance of a
> problem arising. But won't I get a race condition with each box
> thinking the other is trying to login?
>
> [1] - my apologies to those with whom I have already discussed this
> issue.
One option is com1 to com2 . It takes 2 cable, but if ttyd1 (com2)
doesn't have getty running then the race won't exist.
Jim
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