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terminal or X-terminal window or you can use a PC-based terminal

emulator.

For example, use the tip command as follows:

# tip [telephone number]

# tip cons

Where telephone_number is the telephone number of the remote system,

including any preﬁxes for outside lines and long-distance codes. The second

line is an example of an entry in the /etc/remote ﬁle, which you can use

to specify details of remote systems and tip settings.

Once you have initiated the dial-out command, and the two modems have

established a connection, the word connect is displayed on your local

terminal window. Press the Return key and the console prompt (>>>) or the

See the tip

(1) reference page for more information.

2.2.2.1 Using the Console Port

Once you have access to the system and are logged in to a privileged

account, you can perform any of the administration tasks described in this

volume that do not require access to a graphical user interface, such as

using commands and running utilities. Note that the following Tru64 UNIX

features may be useful for remote administration:

• The UNIX-to-UNIX system copy utility, uucp for copying scripts and

ﬁles to the remote system. See the uucp

(1) reference page for more

information.

• A kernel debugging tool, ikdebug can be invoked and used remotely.

See the ikdebug

((8)) reference page for more information. You may

need to change an entry in the /etc/remote ﬁle to correct the baud

rate. For example you may need to change the baud rate from 9600

baud in the following lines:

# access line for kernel debugger

kdebug:dv=/dev/tty00:br#9600:pa=none:

See the Kernel Debugging manual for additional information.

2.2.2.1.1 Turning Off Console Log Messages

The syslogd daemon now has an internal switch to disable and enable

messages to the console. This feature is invoked by the -s ﬂag on the

syslogd command line, or by running the following command:

# /usr/sbin/syslog

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