Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 10:32:55 -0600 From: "Mark O'Lear" <Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU> To: Howard Lew <hlew@sequence.Stanford.EDU> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a trick for /etc/ttys Message-ID: <324C01B7.650C@Colorado.EDU> References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960926225324.12208A-100000@vegemite.Stanford.EDU>
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Howard Lew wrote: > > Does anyone know of a trick to use in /etc/ttys that will let me use a > modem off of one of the the ttyd lines that currently has a getty line > turned on but is not currently in use? > > In other words, is there a way to use say ttyd2 when the modem is idle, so > that I can dial out without actually modifying the /etc/ttys file and > doing a kill -1 1 and killing the getty process? For those familiar with > mgetty, i have tried using the /etc/nologin.ttyd2 but that only prevents > mgetty/vgetty from answer the phone. It does not free up the port. > > Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help. mgetty works "straight out of the box" for me. I use /dev/cuaa2 to dial out instead of /dev/ttyd2 though. You might try using /dev/cuaa2 (I believe you should use that regardless of getty/mgetty/vgetty if you have a modem attached to that port). -- Mark O'Lear \ e-mail: Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU University of Colorado \ phone: (303) 492-3798 Telecomm. Svcs. (CB 313) \ fax: (303) 492-5105 Boulder, CO 80309 \
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