NAME

       remote-tty - connect to a ttysrv serial console instance

SYNOPSIS

       remote-tty [-l LoginName] [-7] [-r] socket

DESCRIPTION

       remote-tty is the frontend for the remote-tty daemon. It is normally invoked using rconsole.  It connects
       to  the  backend  ttysrv  process  over a Unix socket and allows the user to view what's happening on the
       serial console and interact with it.

OPTIONS

       socket The full path to the Unix socket for the ttysrv instance to connect to.

       -l loginname
              Specify the login name to use. Defaults to the username if not specified.

       -r     Set restricted mode; don't allow changing of logging status, suspending of remote-tty  or  setting
              of line options.

       -7     Set 7bit mode.

SEE ALSO

       rconsole(1), remote-tty(1), ttysrv(8).

AUTHOR

       rtty  was  written  by  Paul  Vixie  <vixie@isc.org>.  This  manual page was written by Jonathan McDowell
       <noodles@earth.li> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

                                                  May 23, 2006                                     REMOTE-TTY(1)