version of mgetty that works with slackware 3.6 ?

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Hi,

On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 11:07:08PM +1200, Oliver Batchelor wrote:
> I have slackware 3.6 kernal 2.0.35 and I have it doing dial out etc.
> doing ip_masq
> 
> but I was wanting to make it into a dial in computer to my network,
> so I got a version of mgetty    as  the slackware distro doesnt seem to
> have it (only getty and agetty) I tried compiling it  and i got a load
> of errors.

Actually, every mgetty version more recent than 1.1.14 should work on
every Linux distribution out there - I regularily test against VERY old
installations.

So what kind of error messages are you observing?  Did you adapt
policy.h and Makefile to your needs?

> So I assume my linux distro was too old for it.
> Can anyone recomend me a distro that will work with slackware 3.6 kernal
> 2.0.35 ?

I have no idea what a "distro" might be (sounds like something to eat),
but RedHat is a fairly nice distribution.  I never really liked lackware.

> also does anyone know if it is possible to do dial in and out  on same
> computer  

Sure.  That's what mgetty was written for.

> and if there are any good websites on making mgetty work ?

Hmmm, "good", I can't say.  The main mgetty site is
http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/ and it has all the docs...

gert
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