On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 06:45:54PM +0000, Chadley Wilson wrote: > Here is where I am at after following the instructions on the link provided > earlier: > > I dialup and I get to logging on to network then the mgetty just dies and > kicks me out of my ssh session. > > as you can see > > > [root@chadlap chadley]# ssh preload > root@preload's password: > Last login: Thu Feb 10 18:28:03 2005 from chadlap > [root@preload root]# /sbin/mgetty ttyS0 -D ttyS0 -s 115200 > Connection to preload closed. > [root@chadlap chadley]# > > How can I find out why it is dying on me and kicking me out of the ssh > session? > > I presume it has to do with the authentication but I can't seem to get it to > authenticate. > > I have allowed ppp0 on my firewall and I have also set a passwd for a user > copied from the example also ppp > > please could some-one more knowledgeable help out here! > > > -- > Chadley Wilson > Redhat Certified Technician > Cert Number: 603004708291270 > Pinnacle Micro Start by using '-x 6' in the mgetty startup command. This will give you a lot of debug info, probably in /var/log/messages. But perhaps in /var/log/mgetty.log.ttyS1. -- Jim Kaufman Linux Evangelist public key 0x6D802619, CISSP# 65668