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- From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: question regarding uucp/(dialout/dialin modems) on SGI's
- Message-ID: <nv8o2k4@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 23:47:16 GMT
- References: <26028@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In article <26028@life.ai.mit.edu>, sundar@fiber-one.ai.mit.edu (Sundar Narasimhan) writes:
- > Hi, I just set up outgoing uucp from our SGI machine running IRIX 4.0.3.
- > This seems to work fine for outgoing calls, but I'd like to receive
- > incoming calls too. So, my question is:
- > a. Is there a script that automatically edits inittab to do the right thing?
- > and reverts it to what it was once its done? Ideally, I'd like the default
- > mode to be with the getty running ready to receive incoming calls. Then every
- > hour or so, the outgoing uucp called from cron turns the getty off, and does
- > its thing. Right now, I have to manually do this which is a pain.
-
- Don't fiddle with inittab. Use /usr/lib/uucp/uugetty instead.
- This is exactly what it is intended for.
-
- > b. Is there a way to send an initialization string to a modem
- > device from inittab/gettydefs? (with delays etc.)
-
- The SGI uugetty can send answer-init strings to the modem.
-
- There is a selection of modem answering strings in the
- standard place, /usr/lib/uucp/Dialers.
-
- Many IRIS's use bidirectional modem lines.
-
-
- Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
-