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From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: How to disconnect idle dialup users?
Message-ID: <1033@demott.COM>
Date: 27 Nov 90 06:00:55 GMT
References: <1990Nov27.015820.18884@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu>
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Organization: DeMott Electronics Co., Van Nuys CA
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In article <1990Nov27.015820.18884@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu> ping@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Shiping Zhang) writes:
>Some users dialup onto the machine and hang on for hours doing nothing.
>I tried to disconnect the hookup using the kill command but failed.


    If you've a Telebit modem, register S41 can be set in tenths of
hours, from 0 (disabled) to 255.  When the timer expires, the modem
hangs up the line. 

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