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Date:      Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:45:19 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net>
To:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Dial-in problem
Message-ID:  <199810291445.JAA29154@bilver.magicnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9810291908190.10185-100000@pasca1.unpad.ac.id> from Mukti Arip at "Oct 29, 98 07:38:03 pm"

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Mukti Arip recently said:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I've just upgraded my OS to 2.2.7 Release (It was 2.2.5 Release).
> Under 2.2.5, everything about dial-in service was OK. But now, I
> have a really big problem. :(
>
> When my customer login to my machine (using his/her terminal
> program) and then disconnect the link without typing "exit"
> command at the shell prompt (in this case, the customers choose
> "hang up" command within their terminal program), the "/bin/sh"
> process keeps running. So, when another customer login to my
> machine using the same dial-in line, he/she will see the shell
> prompt immediately, without prompted to enter his/her username and
> password. It means, the second dialer will use the first dialer's
> account.

> My modem configuration are: - use hardware flow control (RTS/CTS)
> - CD asserted when connected - DTR asserted for operation,
> dropping DTR hangs up line - quiet mode - no command echo

The best solutions I've found for this - since I got my first
'smart' modem back in 1982/3 time, is to set the modem so that 
it will reset itself on carrier drop.

Not all modems support this.  Yesterday I was trying to set that on
one device that while it didn't show it in the manual, it was one
of the configurations that could be set, but it just wouldn't save
it.

What's even nicer is a modem that can be set to drop a connection
if there is a long period of no data across the DCE/DTE interface.
The Telebits had that.   After I put that in I didn't find people
connect for 4 to 6 hours who had fallen asleep during downloads.
(1200bps downloads do take a lot of time).

I went this route after coming in one

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