[svlug] PPP: Can Dial In and Out Coexist?

[Timothy King]

I have PPP working so that I can dial into my machine.  The problem now
is I have one modem and I cannot dial out when mgetty is running and/or
I've got stuff needed for dial-in in my /etc/ppp/options file.

The real hassle is mgetty.  I run it from the /etc/inittab so it will
respawn after a caller has hung up, which means I'm rebooting to switch
between dial-in and dial-out modes.

1. Is there some setup where I can both dial-in and dial-out?

2. Is there a way to re-read a changed inittab without rebooting?

3. If I just want to run mgetty from a shell script, how can I have it
respawn itself?

Here is my /etc/ppp/options file:
asyncmap 0
netmask 255.255.255.0
proxyarp
lock
crtscts
modem        

-- 
Timothy King
tking at nsmail.net


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