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

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Hi,

On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 11:19:56AM +0000, Nick Kay wrote:
> Ah. No it's not. mgetty is making LCK..ttyS1 - pppd is making LCK..modem.
> So the lesson learnt is to make sure that the device is called by the same
> name (even if it's a hard link) throughout all the applications that require
> lockfiles.  Obvious really when you think about it. ;>

Yes :-)

> Once I told mgetty to use /dev/modem (the same as pppd) the locking
> mechanism works properly and I can dialout while mgetty is running. Yay!

Fine.  That's the way it is supposed to be :-)

> Thanks for the help, it's been a pleasure talking with you.
> And thanks again for mgetty, without which I would probably
> have to use NT + RAS <ack>

I'm always glad to save someone from using NT...!

> (I guess I should post this on the newsgroup so perhaps it'll find it's
> way into DejaNews for the next one who makes the same mistake)

It *is* in the manual and in the FAQ - but as it is "obvious", it is kinda
hard to find if you don't know yet what to look for...

gert
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