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From: scott@skypod.guild.org (Scott Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Need callback program for BSD or SYSV
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.215450.7821@skypod.guild.org>
Date: 6 Jun 91 21:54:50 GMT
References: <419@nachos.SSESCO.com>
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In article <419@nachos.SSESCO.com> elmquist@nachos.SSESCO.com (Chris Elmquist) writes:
>I'm looking for a program that can be invoked by a user after login
>(ie, from his login script) that will cause the modem he called in
>on to hangup and then call him back at the number he provided to
>this program.  Security is not the main issue...  circumventing
>metered phone service at home is...
>
>Has anyone already invented such a piece of code for BSD or SYSV
>systems (IBM RS/6000 to be exact)..??

I don't know about IBM's system, but on System V there is a command called
"ct" that does that.  It will hang up the line and call you back and dump
a login: on your terminal.

(I used to use it to log someone in who had an answer-only modem)

scott
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