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Date:      03 Feb 2003 14:50:42 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Maksim Yevmenkin <Maksim.Yevmenkin@cw.com>
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: PPP in -direct mode does not execute any chat scripts
Message-ID:  <1044246042.3685.19.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <45258A4365C6B24A9832BFE224837D552B1287@sjdcex01.int.exodus.net>
References:  <45258A4365C6B24A9832BFE224837D552B1287@sjdcex01.int.exodus.net>

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On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 14:41, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> yes. that is one example. but the real trouble with tty is the
> server application that wants to listen on wildcard address. for
> example Network Access point that listens on RFCOMM channel 1. no
> matter what client comes in the server will just accept connection
> on the socket, fork and run PPP in direct mode. 
> 
> also there are other things besides PPP that use RFCOMM. OBEX
> is another example, where clients will put/get objects from
> the server.

OK, it is a pity you can't define variables when invoking PPP I guess :)

> > Still I guess you could just run 'ppp rfcomm' instead..
> 
> it will only work for in RFCOMM client case. i do not know
> how to build server applications with tty interface (pty's
> do not count :)

Heh, I use birda for IRDA, it's strictly userland and uses pty's.. Works
really well :)

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