mgetty won't see the modem after the first call

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Hi,

On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 03:39:40PM +0200, Eric Veldhuyzen wrote:
> > > Then the only problem I will have is how I can get the logging to a
> > > remote system. The ram disk isn't big enough for logging locally.
> > I'll add a patch to have the log file name defined in the config file (I
> > don't really like this, but there is no way to solve your problem without
> > resorting to even more ugly things).
> Thanks, that would be a great help.

... but don't hold your breath for it (trade show time in Munich).

> > [Oh, as a side note: using the same file for different processes should
> > *not* be a problem.  The log file is opened with O_APPEND, so all lines
> > should be appended atomically.  Dunno whether that works over NFS...]
> 
> NFS is a problem, but I guess the only solution I've got. I'll have to
> run mgetty not as root but as another user, because NFS doesn't like
> root very much. But I guess it's actually a good thing that I am now
> forced to change it. :-)

Won't work - you need root for device permissions, login privs, etc. to
work.

gert
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