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On Sat, 23 Sep 1995, David Doyle wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> Perhaps one of you has been through this hoop already and can help
> me!
>
> As well as using the PM2E to hook modems into our internet (working
> fine!) we want users to be able to telnet into our BBS (TBBS from eSoft)
> and to break out from the BBS into a shell account on one
> of our unix boxes.
>
> To get the telnet in going I reset the administration telnet port to
> a port other than 23 and then did:
>
> set s29 device /dev/network
> set s29 service_device telnet 23
> set s29 modem off
> reset s29
>
> Great - now I can telnet into the PM but am patched though to s29
> which is wired via a null modem cable into the BBS. The cable is
> wired as follows:
>
> Pins 2 & 3 crossed
> Pins 4 & 5 crossed
> Pin 7 straight through
> Pins 8 & 20 crossed with pin 6 connects to pin 8 each end..
> TBBS is configured to a hard-wired 56700 bps connection.
>
> (use a non-proportional font to view this)
> TBBS PM2E
>
> 2 -----------\ /------------- 2
> X
> 3 -----------/ \------------- 3
>
> 4 -----------\ /------------- 4
> X
> 5 -----------/ \------------- 5
>
> 6 ----+ +---- 6
> | |
> 7 --------------------------- 7
> | |
> 8 ----+------\ /--------+---- 8
> X
> 20-----------/ \------------- 20
>
> Pins 2 & 3 crossed
> Pins 4 & 5 crossed
> Pin 7 straight through
> Pins 8 & 20 crossed with pin 6 connects to pin 8 each end..
>
> The problem is that although I can telnet in the user isn't logged
> out if I break the telnet connection without going through the logout
> menus... ie I can telnet in later and find myself at a menu in someone
> else's account...
>
> Likewise if I connect from the BBS into the unix box and disconnect
> without logging out of unix I find that I can later get into the unix shell
> without logging in...
>
> TBBS has a non-hardwired, fixed baudrate option which I've tried but the
> PM's login string causes the BBS to think someone is logging in all the time...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks, David
>
> ---
> email -> "David Doyle" <DDOYLE@lgcsb.ie> 4GL Dev Group
> email -> (personal) toppsi@internet-eireann.ie
> org -> Local Government Computer Services Board
> phone -> +353-1-6719977 fax -> +353-1-6718039
> snail -> LGCSB, Phoenix Hse, Conyngham Rd, Dublin 8, Ireland
> also -> Support@toppsi.gn.apc.org and 2:263/151 (fidonet)
> BBS -> +353-1-6790120 (V.34/V.FC on 6 lines)
> BBS -> 20 *online* CD-ROMs - Simtel, CICA, ASP and more!
> BBS -> EFF Member / ASP-Approved / NPTN affiliate / CNE in residence
> * My views are my own - my employer rarely agrees with me anyway! *
>