max bianco wrote:
Yes, you only need mgetty on the machine you are dialing into. But you are correct, you need to get the modem recognized as the first step. I am used to using external modems for this - that way, if the modem hangs in a strange mode, you can reset it without rebooting the machine. (I have had more then one modem fail to reset properly after a call.)2008/2/22 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>:Let me make sure I understand what you are trying to do. If I am reading things right, you want people to be able to dial into your machine, and log in (or make a ppp connection). If this is the case, you need to configure mgetty for the ports you want. You then need to create entries for each line in /etc/inittab. They used to include examples in inittab, but they do not any more. There are examples in the inittab man page. There is also a fair amount of documentation included in the gmetty package.Yes I want to be able to dial in and access the network. However I am having trouble dialing out from my f8 box as it does not detect the modem. The dial-in server is centos actually but it has the same problem, it cannot detect the modem that is installed. So I figure these as my first two hurdles, getting both boxes to recognize that they have modems then setting up the stuff you suggest with mgetty or do i have to configure mgetty to get my modem recognized in the first place? The mgetty config would only be needed on the machine i dial in to right?
Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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