Modems

[David Mandala]

Yes, you will need to remove the entry either by editing the file or
switching between two files one with the other without the entry.

Then restart init or hup it.

On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 10:14, Liberty Young wrote:
> By modify do you mean just take out the getty entry on that com port, or
> is there a special switch i need to add to getty?
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 10:01, David Mandala wrote:
> > You can/ just shutdown getty when you want to dial out and restart it
> > when you are done. You'll need to modify iniitab to be able to shutdown
> > getty. Not too hard to do or keep two copies around one with and one
> > without the getty entry.
> > 
> > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 09:56, Liberty Young wrote:
> > > With juse one modem, can i use it accept incoming calls for login and
> > > also use it to dial out, so i can send out reports and collected data? 
> > > Right now, getty is setup correctly and can allow dial-ins to login, but
> > > when the modem is used to dial out, the dial-out program competes with
> > > getty for the port and results in mass confusion. 
> > > 
> > > Can i get away with this without hacking getty?
> > > 
> > > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change  you mail settings:
> > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
> > -- 
> > David IS Mandala
> > gpg fingerprint 8932 E7EF CCF5 1B8C 1B5C  A92E C678 795E 45B2 D952
> > Phoenix, AZ (480) 460-7546 HP, (602) 321-8277 CP
> > http://www.them.com/~davidm/
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change  you mail settings:
> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change  you mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
-- 
David IS Mandala
gpg fingerprint 8932 E7EF CCF5 1B8C 1B5C  A92E C678 795E 45B2 D952
Phoenix, AZ (480) 460-7546 HP, (602) 321-8277 CP
http://www.them.com/~davidm/