DIALD

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NAME

diald - Dialup IP interface daemon

SYNOPSIS

/usr/etc/diald [ -d level ]

DESCRIPTION

diald, the Dialup IP interface daemon, is normally started at boot time by the /etc/rc.local script. When started, diald reads its configuration file /etc/diald.conf(5) to determine the Dialup interfaces present on the system. It opens the Dialup IP psuedo-device, /dev/dialup0, and waits for connection requests.

When a request arrives, diald acquires a tty and dials out to the remote system using the specified script. Once the connection has been established, the line discipline is changed and the local interface is marked active.

Diald will rescan for configuration files upon receipt of a ``SIGHUP'' signal.

The -d flag may be used to specify the amount of debugging information to record, and should be a number between zero and three, inclusive; higher numbers generate more output. The default is zero, to produce no output.

FILES

/usr/dialupip/log/dial.log: Debugging information, and status reports of how long an interface has been up.
/usr/dialupip/log/call.log: Call summary showing the site called, the time and duration of the call, and the program that initiated the call.
/usr/dialupip/log/scriptname.trn: Default calling transcript for dialing script scriptname, showing all characters sent and received while the dialing script is being executed.
/usr/dialupip/log/PID.dev: The ID of the process (written in ASCII) that is connected to device dev. The device diald is the process ID of the diald daemon.
/usr/spool/uucp/LCK..tty: The ID of the process (written in binary) that is using the dialout port tty. This is intended to be compatible with UUCP lock files, but note that format varies among different systems.