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    Sir, you are the unsung hero of all macOS hackers. All joking aside, this writeup is fantastic!
    – Bart Doe
    Commented Oct 6, 2017 at 14:57
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    Is this still working? I'm trying to set this up on Mojave (10.14.6 specifically) and am just getting getty login_tty /dev/cu.Repleo-PL2303-NNNNNNNNN: Operation not permitted in the console logs each time it tries to start up.
    – natevw
    Commented Oct 30, 2020 at 4:36
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    UPDATE: after adding an :nc option to the std:ttyUSB entry (to avoid an immediate "Hangup: 1" log), I am able to run sudo /usr/libexec/getty std.ttyUSB tty.Repleo-PL2303-NNNN without error — however I am not getting any signs of life on the terminal itself.
    – natevw
    Commented Oct 30, 2020 at 5:08
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    @natevw Hm.. my first instinct is that something is fouled up with the terminal configuration. If you use /bin/screen, can you get any text to appear on the console at all? If even that doesn't work, your system just isn't communicating with it and you need to look further down the stack.
    – Karu
    Commented Jan 1, 2021 at 3:38