[geeks] Perle Terminal Server - what's the magic incantaion for Break?

brian.dunbar at liftport.com brian.dunbar at liftport.com
Tue Oct 10 15:23:22 CDT 2006


> brian.dunbar at liftport.com wrote:
>> I've got a Solaris server - V120 - hooked by serial line to a Pearle
>> Terminal Server (consoleserver 9000).  We get to that by SSH over the
>> LAN.
>>
>> What I want (need) to do is drop the server to the OK prompt.  For tools
>> I've got PuTTY (on an XP box) and Terminal on my MacBook.
>>
>> Issuineg SIGTERM (from putty) does not seem to phase the beast.  It
>> sneeers at me!
>>
>> Short of dragging a keyboard and monitor over there what's a guy to do
>> to
>> get to OK prompt from a terminal session?  I'm dead certain it's a) easy
>> and b) I'm overlooking something really simple.
>
> I believe what you want to send is Ctrl-Break.


Ctrl - Break causes the console to reset and displays the console login
prompt.  It doesn't drop me to the OK prompt.

I'm wondering if the old administrator monkeyed around with the term
server so it would NOT throw a break?

Gah.

Brian



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