Minicom is a text-based modem control and terminal emulation program for Unix-like operating systems, originally written by Miquel van Smoorenburg, and modeled after the popular MS-DOS program Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external) scripting language, and other features. Minicom is a menu-driven communications program. It also has an auto ZMODEM download.
A common use for Minicom is when setting up a remote serial console, perhaps as a last resort to access a computer if the LAN is down. This can be done using nothing more than an old 386 laptop with a Minicom floppy distribution such as Pitux or Serial Terminal Linux.
On 18 April 2017, it was announced that some versions of Minicom had an arbitrary code execution vulnerability, assigned CVE-2017-7467 by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project. The issue was fixed with release 2.7.1, released the same day as the announcement.
Video Minicom
See also
- tip (Unix utility)
Maps Minicom
References
External links
minicom(1)- Linux User Commands Manual- Minicom home page
- Pitux Minicom Floppy
- Paul Virijevich (6 September 2006). "Improving server management with Minicom and conserver". Linux.com. VA Software. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- Bill McCarty (September 1999). "11.7 Using minicom and seyon". Learning Debian GNU/Linux. O'Reilly & Associates. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
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