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- From: zuazaga@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Modem dial-in procedures needed
- Summary: Outline of dial in setup.
- Keywords: getty, modem, dial in
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.114646.16471@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 11:46:46 GMT
- References: <1992Aug13.052324.8490@athena.mit.edu>
- Organization: University of Cincinnati
- Lines: 39
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- In article <1992Aug13.052324.8490@athena.mit.edu> chchen@stat.fsu.edu writes:
- >I've seen several discussions about modem dial-in for Linux system. I
- >got two unsolved questions here:
- >1. Is it necessary to get getty_ps program to allow modem dial-in?
-
- No.
-
- >2. If I just want to use the getty from MCC-INTERIM or root image (.96 or
- > .97), what steps should I follow?
-
- OK, once more.
-
- 1) Edit /etc/inittab, add a line like:
-
- ttys1:vt100:/bin/getty 1200 ttys1
-
- 2) Set up modem for auto-answer, no echo. My modem is dumb, so I have
- to do it each time. If your modem has memory try saving it.
-
- In kermit: connect
- ate0s0=2
- exit kermit.
-
- 3) Enable logins. I do this by sending a signal to init.
-
- kill -HUP 1
-
- Some people don't have init as the first process (why?) this may kill
- your system.
-
-
- To reverse the process,
-
- 4) Edit inittab (put a '#' in front of a line
- to comment it out.
-
- --
- Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga zuazaga@ucunix.san.uc.edu
- Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics University of Cincinnati
-