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From: Howard Lew <hlew@sequence.Stanford.EDU>
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Subject: a trick for /etc/ttys
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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.