*BSD News Article 55685


Return to BSD News archive

Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!nwfocus.wa.com!nwestnews.nwest.mccaw.com!c1mpls!technix!fourthgen!tomg
From: tomg@fourthgen.fourthgen.com (Tom Greenwalt)
Subject: Server Campers
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
Organization: Fourth Generation, Inc.
Message-ID: <DIHBH2.GsB@fourthgen.fourthgen.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 04:36:38 GMT
Lines: 12

I'm running a small server using FreeBSD 2.0.  When users connect
with SLIP, some have tendency to camp on the phone line, either
forgetting they dialed in or just hanging out.  There seems to be
just enough activity so the modems won't hang up based on the 
idle timer in them.  Is there a way in the system to disconnect
these users?
Thanks 
-- 
Tom Greenwalt (Tom-Too) (F.O.E.)                   tomg@fourthgen.com
7300 Nicollet Ave. S.                              mishima@winternet.com
Richfield, MN 55423-3121                           tomg@mishima.mn.org
****** Each thing I do I rush through so I can do something else. ******