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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Modem
Message-ID: <1990Jun15.224120.27813@virtech.uucp>
Date: 15 Jun 90 22:41:20 GMT
References: <23608@adm.BRL.MIL> <3608@wb3ffv.ampr.org>
Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc., Sterling VA
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In article <3608@wb3ffv.ampr.org> smarc@wb3ffv.ampr.org (Marc Siegel) writes:
>In article <23608@adm.BRL.MIL>, rich@tincan.sawyer.af.mil (Richard Wachter) writes:
>> 
>>	[ problem of system not logging out user when line is dropped deleted]
>
>Check the gettydefs entry you are using with uugetty. it should
>contain HUPCL in the entry.
>
>HUPCL causes the session to terminate (HANGUP) on close.

However, it requires that the port on which the user logs in to be set up in
modem control mode (i.e. it requires DTR from the modem to enable the
login).  The loss of DTR is the mechanism used by the system to determine 
when the line is lost. 



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