failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyC3 (Help! please)

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Hi,

Avery Buffington wrote:
> Thanks for the help. I printed part of the log before I deleted it, and to
> avoid typing it for the newsgroup I scanned it in. Will full faith in the
> OCR software (big mistake) I did not even check to see if it correcly
> scaned it in.

OK, that explains it.  Those could really be problems because of scanning
(it's hard to make sure "zero" and "Oh" are properly distinguished, unless 
you have the typical computer-zeros with a slash in them).

> If it is indeed the modem what type would you suggest? (I'm assuming you
> don't prefer the USR's ;)

USR Couriers are very good, USR Sportsters usually work well enough for data,
but are quite crappy for fax.

> If you have time I have one more question/problem:
> 
> This machine is running redhat and another slackware (which I prefer). I
> get incorrect wtmp / utmp for users who log on to the PPP dial up lines on
> either machine. Both login.config files have the same parameters for the
> Auto_PPP line:
> 
> /AutoPPP/ - @ /usr/sbin/pppd -chap +pap login debug
> 
> All I get for the utmp entry is:
> /AutoPPP ttyC0        24000/ARQ/V34/L  Wed Jul  8 16:10 - 16:22  (00:11)
> 
> I've seen systems configured where the utmp entry is the login name. Is
> there a FAQ on how to do this, or is it something with my program versions,
> or incorrect config files?

That's a ppp issue, actually.  As mgetty doesn't know the user name yet
(PPP will do the authentication, using PAP or CHAP), it can only put
/AutoPPP/ (or any other static string) in there.

Actually, pppd's "login" option should put the user name into utmp, but I
don't know why it doesn't work for everybody.

(BTW: This is a very frequent question, which is covered by the mgetty
FAQ...)

> I am using the 1.0.0 mgetty release and pppd 2.0

You might want to look at pppd 2.3.<something>.  2.0 is OOOOLD, maybe "login"
did not yet include this feature at that time.

gert
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