From: Rick (pclink@qus102.qld.tne.oz.au)
Date: 08/30/93


From: pclink@qus102.qld.tne.oz.au (Rick)
Subject: Re: Problem solved. Re: /dev/tty (Whatis it for?)
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1993 00:32:58 GMT

rodney@tyrell.tynet.sub.org (Rodney Volz) writes:

>There is no general limitation, why /dev/cuaXX should not become
>controlling tty; however, the linux tty driver inhibits it. Now,
>while you guys probably can just use ttySXX for dialin purposes, there
>are situations where this is _not_ possible (e.g. flexfax).

Dialins with flexfax are possible, I've been running it for ages.
Add this line to config.cua1:
        GettyArgs: "-h ttyS1 %s vt100"
I see no difference between this arrangement and having
        INITLINE=/dev/cua1
in uugetty.ttyS1.

Cheers,
Rick.