By modify do you mean just take out the getty entry on that com port, or
is there a special switch i need to add to getty?


On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 10:01, David Mandala wrote:
> You can/ just shutdown getty when you want to dial out and restart it
> when you are done. You'll need to modify iniitab to be able to shutdown
> getty. Not too hard to do or keep two copies around one with and one
> without the getty entry.
> 
> On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 09:56, Liberty Young wrote:
> > With juse one modem, can i use it accept incoming calls for login and
> > also use it to dial out, so i can send out reports and collected data? 
> > Right now, getty is setup correctly and can allow dial-ins to login, but
> > when the modem is used to dial out, the dial-out program competes with
> > getty for the port and results in mass confusion. 
> > 
> > Can i get away with this without hacking getty?
> > 
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