Along the same line as my just-posted request, Console programming framework, I'd like to hook a ANSI-compliant serial terminal (with limited keys) up to the serial port, and have a perl script running in place of getty.

Let me restate that. I'd like the terminal plugged into a serial port on my UNIX-like (OpenBSD) box to avoid the login procedure (which is difficult with the limited key set) and go directly to a perl script program, running as a given (fixed) user.

I'm hoping someone here may have some experience doing this sort of thing. What functions that getty provides will I need to replace? Can I merely mention the program in /etc/ttys and expect it to work? (My test program caused some difficulty with massive respawning, but that was probably due to the lack of effort put into the test that night...)

I realize this is a little out-of-the-ordinary, but I'm hoping some of the awesome people around here will have some advice to offer...

In reply to Replacing getty with a perl script? by ginseng

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