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From: bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: sio - problem with login hanging up
Date: 2 Aug 1993 00:14:07 +1000
Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney: +61-2-837-1183 V.32bis
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In <CAuGp4.ALD@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes:

>To BDE:

>As for clocal, a terminal can easily be wired so it doesn't matter if
>you're clocal or not. A modem, you really should default to -clocal,
>and you can't wire it. I think the default should therefor be -clocal.

I'm going to make -clocal the default for dialin ports and clocal the
default for dialout ports.  Dialout ports will always be enabled - no
COM_BIDIR or comcontrol; you can restrict access to or delete unwanted
dialout or dialin devices.

I think clocal is right for dialout because no-carrier is the normal
state before a connection has been established and between connections.
Clocal is now ignored when dialout ports are opened so that they can be
opened before carrier is present.  Clocal is NOT ignored when the modem
hangs up and this prevents multiple dialouts if clocal is clear.
-- 
Bruce Evans  bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au