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From: rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Reproducible modem bug in 3005 and 2006
Message-ID: <7956@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 19 Jun 91 16:51:57 GMT
References: <19388@rpp386.cactus.org> <285CDF31.4D3C@tct.com> <727@curly.appmag.com>
Organization: Kronos Inc., Waltham, Mass.
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chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>>...This problem is apparently a result of getty's not taking care to
>>turn off CLOCAL before making the possibly blocking open() call.

pa@curly.appmag.com writes:
>That would explain why one morning I found my modem and workstation
>furiously chatting away.  If I believe the LEDs, the modem was on hook
>and Carried Detect was false.

Thank you both for helping me prove the very *existence* of this
problem.  My point on this has only been that getty grabs the /etc/locks
file and doesn't ever let it go, even if no one logs into the line
for days.  It should relinquish the lock if no one logs in during a
reasonable time period.

-rich