[Off Topic] Re: Dial in & out ???

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Hi,

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 05:31:53PM +0000, mgetty@nexnix.co.uk wrote:
> > annoy all the ISPs that permit spamming, etc.
> 
> Yup, I'm quite practised at that.
> I do like to get the spammers home phone number as well,
> surprisingly easy for the amateurs.

ok, ok, you've won :)

Most likely the problem with dial-in/dial-out not working is caused by
missing/wrong lock files.  Mgetty can only "go away" peacefully when a
dialout is running if it can detect a "LCK..ttyS0" file telling it "the
tty is mine" (otherwise mgetty has to assume an incoming call).

Usually the problem is that ppp uses cua* while mgetty listens on ttyS* or
/dev/modem, or that the "lock" option to pppd is missing.

gert
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