From: Brandon S. Allbery (bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org)
Date: 05/31/93 

From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Subject: Re: Modem problems (inittab/getty/uugetty) ...
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1993 00:00:52 GMT

In article <C7upLu.LK5@uhura1.uucp> bryan%uhura1@uunet.uu.net writes:
>># /etc/inittab
>># [...]
>># set /dev/ttyS1 and /dev/cua1 to 8-bit clean mode and use RTS/CTS
>># flow-control (modem)
>>#
>>m1::bootwait:/bin/stty sane pass8 -clocal crtscts < /dev/ttyS1
>>c1::bootwait:/bin/stty sane pass8 -clocal crtscts < /dev/cua1
>
>Are these lines actually useful in any way? The stty done at boot
>time should be overridden by whatever getty/uugetty does. You can

They're useful if you're dialing out on those lines: uucico won't set at
least crtscts, and (uu)getty won't set anything until someonme actually dials
in.

++Brandon 

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