policy.h file

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Hi,

On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 01:35:51PM -0400, Dean Channing wrote:
> I have been assigned to create a modem pool on a 486DX running RedHat
> Linux 5.2 (kernel 2.0.36).  I install mgetty-1.1.14-5.i386.rpm.  I
> installed the digiboard PC/Xe (intelligent serial communications
> board).  I installed the driver and compiled it into the kernel.  I read
> the man pages, and other documentation on the Internet (including your
> faq's).  And almost every documentation I have read, it says that you
> must set local policies in the policy.h file.  I did a search for the
> file (find / -name policy.h) and nothing turned up.

policy.h is pretty obsolete.  You set mgetty's default values in it, but
in any reasonable distribution, the default values are OK, and what
you need to change can be done at run time from mgetty.config.

> Where do I find this file?  And if I don't need the file, where can I
> find documentation on how to properly configure mgetty (without the
> policy.h file)?

Uh, have you tried the documentation? "man mgetty" should give you
some hints, and the rest is on http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/ (the
pointer is not in the manpage on older distributions, but it is now).

gert
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