Subject: Re: Making Kermit and UUCP lockfile conventions.
To: None <netbsd-users@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Craig Harding <C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 12/08/1993 11:03:19
Quentin Conner wrote:
>What I want to know about the lockfile convention is how does it relate
>to a bidirectional getty. In other words:
>
> 1) Is there a getty that will honor the lock and
> allow one to dial out on the same serial port
> that getty currently has open?
>
> 2) What does *that* getty expect in terms of lockfile
> conventions?
That's next on my list. I want to use NetBSD for a Public Access Unix site=
=20
with users dialing in and taylor dialing out for a newsfeed. Good, reliable,=
=20
bidirectional serial i/o is a priority.
-- C.
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