1998-04-29 03:31:56 +00:00
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This program provides a convenient way to manage many remote serial
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2003-05-26 20:20:53 +00:00
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consoles for machines. A server (conserver(1)) runs on each server
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1998-04-29 03:31:56 +00:00
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machine and it connects to the specified serial port. It can log,
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provide shared access to remote consoles, etc. If there are multiple
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2003-05-26 20:20:53 +00:00
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machines running conserver(1), a master conserver(1) can be run to
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1998-04-29 03:31:56 +00:00
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connect to all the slave servers, providing a single point of access
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to the entire cluster.
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This is very handy for remote unattended OpenBSD servers. It can
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2005-09-04 18:22:29 +00:00
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send serial break signals (if the driver supports it, cy(4) does not!)
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1998-04-29 03:31:56 +00:00
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which is useful for breaking into DDB on hung machines.
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