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From: frank@rsoft.UUCP (Frank I. Reiter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: ungetty
Keywords: ungetty getty init
Message-ID: <6@rsoft.UUCP>
Date: 11 Dec 88 18:23:59 GMT
Organization: Reiter Software Inc.
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SCO Xenix 2.2.x allows cu, uucico etc, to call out on a line enabled for
dialin access by running ungetty before and after the outgoing call.

We run an 8 line bulletin board service on !rsoft and use an init/getty like
procedure to answer incomming calls.  I would like to modify our code so that
we can use these same 8 lines for outgoing calls when they are not in use.

It would not be difficult to write our own version of ungetty to work with
our own version of init, but for the sake of compatibility etc. it would be
much nicer if we could have the standard unix communications commands able
to suspend and restart our getty-like processes.

Can anybody tell me how ungetty interacts with getty or point me at a good
source of information?

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