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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!picard.chickasaw.com!picard.chickasaw.com!smcmahon From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@chickasaw.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Shell/PPP dialins. Help plz. Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 14:19:04 -0500 Organization: Chickasaw Nation Net Lines: 22 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960612141406.22796C-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> References: <4oo8o8$6ah@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <david-0406962116110001@ppp27.emeraldis.com> <4p5qrs$1ok_004@news.livenet.net> <4pf3u5$lq8@picasso.op.net> <4pfnsg$b14@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: picard.chickasaw.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4pfnsg$b14@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> On Sun, 9 Jun 1996, Lance Cavener wrote: > improved/added or removed. I am sure people would agree with me that > there should be an option to init the modem right in ppp.sys or > something (Im sure you could run tip in your crontab to do this). You'd need more than just running tip. You'd need to use sed (or, better, a Perl program) to edit (or move a copy of) /etc/ttys, sighup init, THEN tip the modems, then put /etc/ttys back, and sighup init again. IMHO, it's far better to just set your modem to automatically reset to factory defaults when DTR is dropped (&D3 with many modems), and then have cron kill the gettys occasionally. It's a trivial bit of Perl programming. Heck, you could probably do it with a shell script. Shawn McMahon | Smokesignals Computer Company Senior System Operator | Southern Oklahoma's Internet Service Provider Chickasaw Nation Net | 405 332-0033 http://www.chickasaw.com