Convert TERM script to Minicom 2.1

[kevint21]

I have installed Linux Fedora on a pentium 4 machine and with Minicom 2.1 software for terminal services. This linux box will connect several servers together through serial connectors (DB25) using a Digi Ports/16EM hardware box.

When i login to the linux box it gives me a menu which lists the 7 servers from 1-7 When i pick an option i go into that menu and do whatever i want from there.

In total i use 31 scripts (.con files ) for servers 1-7 I have these from the last unix box but it used a program called TERM Century for terminal services

Q. How do i get the .con files to execute minicom 2.1 instead of TERM?

 

[thedaver]

http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/minicom1.html

Have you tried anything? You haven't really stated a problem yet... You've reposted and nobody really responded yet on translating these things.

I wonder to myself if you could use rsh or ssh over the serial connection to get a legitimate shell?

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[kevint21]

I am using PuTTy.exe to login via ssh port 22 so I can access the Linux box and view the menus. This is working. Its just the scripts that I need to tweak to access the menus. The menu is not working correctly yet because the scripts for it aren’t configured yet to execute minicom.

I have configured the .profile file in my home directory so that when I login as a normal user it executes the menus straight away (I only login as root to configure scripts, etc.).
Security is not an issue. I have 2 firewalls sitting in front of all the servers. CIA couldn’t get through them.

Minicom is configured already to use the DIGI Com Ports ie /dev/ttya01 to /ttya16

I just need advice on how to tweak the scripts which were used on the last Linux box to run the menus. The difference is that the new Linux box is using a program called Minicom to run the scripts and not TERM software. Our licence has run out on TERM and Minicom is free distribution software for Linux.