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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Server Campers
Date: 30 Nov 1995 23:59:39 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Message-ID: <49lghb$jqs@park.uvsc.edu>
References: <DIHBH2.GsB@fourthgen.fourthgen.com>
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tomg@fourthgen.fourthgen.com (Tom Greenwalt) wrote:
]
] I'm running a small server using FreeBSD 2.0. When users connect
] with SLIP, some have tendency to camp on the phone line, either
] forgetting they dialed in or just hanging out. There seems to be
] just enough activity so the modems won't hang up based on the
] idle timer in them. Is there a way in the system to disconnect
] these users?
Charge them connect time. 8-).
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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