Question on mgetty usage

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Hi,

On Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 09:31:35PM -0400, Robert Hazbun wrote:
> Hello everyone. I have a question pertaining to the usage of mgetty. I
> have read the manual and config files and installed the software on my
> machine. That having been said and done,  on a machine with one 56k,
> voice, fax, data modem (not winmodem), is it possible to use mgetty as a
> voice/answering machine and also use the SAME modem to connect to the
> internet, without having to shutdown mgetty?

Yes, if setup correctly (all programs use the same device name, all
programs agree on the lock file directory - see the "Linux" section in the
manual).

gert
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