ASCII login vs Console login

[Hill_1]

Dear all,
May I know what is the difference between ASCII login and Console login?
Thanks in advanced.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Hill,

Where did you come across ascii login on hp-ux.

Regds

[A. Clay Stephenson]

There is no difference unless perhaps you omitted the word 'Web' from before 'Console'. Some of the newer boxes have an additional network port that supports the 'Web Console' - which is just what it sounds like. All of these boxes have a serial port that can serve as the console.

One other possible meaning is that console login is available in single-user mode; other serial logins are not available until run-level 2.

[Hill_1]

Hi,
I got the example from the HP-Unix SNA II manual. The following the is info in the /etc/inittab.

### these lines display login prompts
cons:123456:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty console
t0p1:234:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty -h tty0p1 H
to-2:234:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty -h tty0p2 H


Any ideas on this?
Thanks.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Okay, in that case my second answer is the case. The console login is the only login available at run-level 1 (e.g. while booting); the others are not fired off by init until run-level 2.

Clay

[Roger Baptiste]

Hi,

Ascii login is a confusing misnomer.
Console login is that which can login using the console ;-)
Regarding this:
<<123456:respawn:>t0p1:234:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty -h tty0p1 H
to-2:234:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty -h tty0p2 H >>

The immediate difference one can see s the
second column which is the runlevels the terminal supports. Cons works on all runlevels
1 to 6 ; whereas the other two works on the
runlevels 2,3 and 4. Other difference is the
terminal ports they use.

HTH
raj