mgetty or pppd problem?

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nate,

also, the mgetty login.config specifically states:

#  NOTE: for *some* users, the "-detach" option has been necessary, for 
#    others, not at all. If your pppd doesn't die after hangup, try it.

have you tried this option?

-cc

On 16 Jan 2000, Marc SCHAEFER wrote:

> Nate Amsden <nate.amsden@tsswitness.com> wrote:
> > 01/13 10:56:39 yS1   calling login: cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', argv[]='pppd
> > auth login debug crtscts modem ms-dns 208.222.179.31 lock'
> 
> right, it has modem option
> 
> > mgetty doesn't reset the modem until i kill pppd manually at this
> > point.  is there a limit on the
> 
> mgetty won't do anything until it is restarted by init. init won't restart
> it until the last child on this tty dies: in that case pppd. What you want
> to check is why pppd is not killed by a SIGHUP. Most likely you do not have
> the DCD line wired correctly (serial cable), or your modem is not properly
> configured to drop DCD on carrier loss situation.
> 
> Try a normal (shell) login on this tty and disconnect the modem line
> plug. The shell should be terminated and mgetty restarted. If not,
> it's the same problem again.
>