Re: DOSEMU via inetd (for BBS games without the BBS)

[Stas Sergeev <stssppnn@yahoo.com>]

Hello.

Ryan Underwood wrote:
> First of all, I was wrong when I said that I had inetd invoke a
> wrapper script directly.  With that method, DOSEMU is unable to
> accept any input due to lack of a pty.
Thanks for following up on that - otherwise
there were a concerns about the patch that
explicitly prevented that.

> What I actually did was to install telnetd, and then hack
> /usr/lib/telnetlogin to call the dosemu wrapper as the login program.
That was expected:)

> this is convenient not only because it doesn't require the BBS, but the
> user telnets directly into the door without requiring login, etc.
> Pretty good setup for small games where everyone is trusted.
OK. Now, as the proper way exists, how about
trying it (and probably documenting)? My
expectations were (when I enabled the direct
pty support) that it will allow all the like
things, but without an ugly "no_local_video"
hack and without any problems with the redirected
stdio. But it was only tested with the "modemu"
modem emulator, which is not sufficient.