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The package consists of two programs - PortRedorector and PortTest.
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PortRedirector is a daemon that runs telnet to the remote port of the
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terminal server and redirects its input and output to a virtual terminal
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device (/dev/pty*). The corresponding slave device (dev/tty*) then can
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be used by an application that expects a local async terminal port. For
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example, to monitor a UPS (connected to AUX ports on a Cisco router)
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using nut.
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Whenever telnet subprocess terminates on any reason, it is restarted as
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soon as any data received from the terminal device.
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It can also work when authentication is required, i.e. it can pass
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username and password specified in its configuration file.
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PortTest is something like cu(1). You can use either of them to test the
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connection.
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