NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/unix/admin/6101

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Path: sparky!uunet!odetics!frank
From: [e-mail] (Frank Merrow)
Subject: How can I tie a modem caller DIRECTLY to another tty Port?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Odetics, Inc., Anaheim, CA
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 04:29:47 GMT
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Hi,

We will very soon have a port on our Sun/Unix system that will
be running a Waffle BBS.  Generally, NOBODY will be calling
the BBS and it will be ONLY as a bridge between our Sun and
Novel mail systems.  However, very rarely we do need a BBS so
someone can drop off a file or some such.  There is no way
to justify the expense of a phone line and another modem, but
I am wondering if that is needed at all.

What I would like is a program that can take the caller and
tie him/her directly to another tty port WITHOUT allowing access
to the Unix system at all.  What I see is a /etc/passwd entry
for "waffle" that has no password.  Instead of starting up a
shell, I want to drop the caller directly into the "port
program" and connect him to the Waffle system using the Sun
as nothing more than a forwarder.  I know how to "start" the
program ala the uucp entries I have, but I don't know of a
program that can tie stdin/stdout directly to a tty port
all by itself.  Does anyone out there know of such an animal?

Frank
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