Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!lwall From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Newsgroups: net.eunice Subject: Disabling logins on a port? Message-ID: <1384@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 13:05:35 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1384 Posted: Mon Oct 15 13:05:35 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Oct-84 06:15:31 EDT Reply-To: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 23 *** MASSAGE THIS LINE WITH YOUR REPLACE *** I've got two Eunice sites that I'm trying to get to talk via uucp. One problem I've been having is that occasionally the line starts "ping-ponging". Site A sees garbage on the line and says "Username: ", and eventually times out. But then Site B see the stuff sent out by Site A, and says "Username: ", etc, etc. Not only does this fill up our accounting file, but it prevents uucp from running, tragedy of tragedies. We only poll in one direction, say from Site A, so I ought to be able to suppress login processing on the A side, which would solve the problem. The only way I've found so far, however, involves allocating the terminal line in question. The problem with this is that the line has to be allocated by the uucp process, which isn't there all the time, so I can't allocate it permanently. I've glared at the manuals for a considerable length of time, and have yet to see any simple way of telling VMS not to respond to garbage on the line. On my Unix system, I just edit /etc/ttys and zap init. Is there anything comparable under the Virtually Mindless Sadist? Help, Cecil, help! Larry Wall {allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdcsvax}!sdcrdcf!lwall