Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!CIS.UPENN.EDU!Levkowitz From: Levkowitz@CIS.UPENN.EDU (Haim Levkowitz) Newsgroups: mod.computers.workstations Subject: question about using `tip' on sun-3 Message-ID: <8612052256.AA23788@linc.cis.upenn.edu> Date: Fri, 5-Dec-86 17:58:00 EST Article-I.D.: linc.8612052256.AA23788 Posted: Fri Dec 5 17:58:00 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Dec-86 22:49:50 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 13 Approved: works@red.rutgers.edu i m seeking help in usin `tip' on the sun to access a remote system via dialup. in particular i m interested in accessing a vax/vms system. getting into a little bit of nitty gritty details, in /etc/remote one has to define remote sights and one of the parameters that are to be set is the `dv' parameter for device. i have not been able to find any clue in the manuals to what it is supposed to look like. the `man' page for `remote' has an example `:dv=/dev/cua1,/dev/cua2:' or something like that but no clue to what /dev/cua? should contain. any help from experienced and knowledgable folks will be gratefully appreciated.thanks Haim Levkowitz Levkowitz@cis.upenn.edu