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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA2331 ; Mon, 01 Mar 93 10:54:26 EST Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!pacbell.com!unet!blunt!dsilvia From: dsilvia@blunt.net.com () Subject: Re: Process not terminating when modem hangs up Message-ID: <1993Feb27.024234.455@unet.net.com> Sender: news@unet.net.com Nntp-Posting-Host: blunt Organization: Network Equipment Technologies References: <1993Feb24.210256.22047@tc.cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1993 02:42:34 GMT Lines: 20 In article <1993Feb24.210256.22047@tc.cornell.edu> marty@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Marty Faltesek) writes: > > >When I dial into my modem connected to 386BSD and do not log out but >loose the connection (ie hang up) the process that was running >does not HANGUP. > >So when I log back in instead of getting a login prompt I'm connected >to the process that was running when I disconnected. > In my experience, this is common behavior. Your port was reset, not the modem. SunOS exhibits the same behavior. If you think about it, it makes sense. If you have some important application at the far end of the connection running and your machine resets for some obscure reason, you would _probably_ like to pick up the 'conversation' where it left off. This and a buck and a half will get you a cup of coffee! Dave S.