Mac OSX Big Sur Telnet Issue

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DrSpookington2
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Mac OSX Big Sur Telnet Issue

Post by DrSpookington2 » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:09 am

I get the following issue when I try to access the console of a device via the web interface on a Mac running Big Sur (11.6.4):

[Command not found: telnet]

[Could not create a new process and open a pseudo-tty.]

I've followed the guidance in this forum and disabled SIP via the recovery boot, but when I try to mount the folder to create the symbolic link I get a permission error. Further reading seems to suggest Bug Sur has made the OS read-only, and you have to use a thing called a "synthetic link" in place of the symbolic link. I've followed the instructions and created the synthetic.conf file with the following in /etc/:

telnet usr/local/bin/telnet

Rebooted the mac, but I still get the same error. Has anyone got this working?

I have telnet installed, and if I manually put in the port number I can telnet with no issues, and telnet is installed in the folder listed above.

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Re: Mac OSX Big Sur Telnet Issue

Post by Uldis (UD) » Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:54 pm

did you read EVE Supported platforms dear?
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/docume ... quirement/
Big Sur is out

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Re: Mac OSX Big Sur Telnet Issue

Post by DrSpookington2 » Fri Mar 18, 2022 3:32 pm

Ahh no I didn't, makes sense, thanks.

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