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From: jwshafto@atnet.net (John Shafto)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Controlling Ports
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 11:29:30 GMT
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Hello,

  OK, I gotta beg in these groups for help :)  I have a couple problems
on my BSDI2.0 PPP Server that I can't seem to resolve.  Please copy
me via email with any resolution, as I may not get back here in time.

Thanks for any and all help!

1.) When user hangs up in Pine or Lynx (amoung others) BSDI does not
shut down jobs associated with the port, and worse, the modem doesn't
reset, nor does the getty restart on the port.  Hence, there is then
a line in the middle of the hunt group that won't answer (until the
errant job is killed, then everything resets).

  My FreeBSD boxes don't do this.  I suspect that there is a simple
STTY setting, but I am at a loss to find it.


2.) I am in need of a watchdog program to monitor ports, and kill
them, or maybe send mail, if they are on for some set period of time.
This software might also be a resolution for the first problem if it
could check for jobs without controlling ports.

Source, pointers to archives, or any ideas welcome.


Regards,
--- 
::: John Shafto  
::: JWShafto@atnet.net 
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