[plug] dialback daemon

[Russell Steicke]

Thanks for the reply, but that wasn't it.  mgetty will do callback, but
only after the inward bound call has been answered.  One final desperate
freshmeat search found it... xringd.  Monitors the modem ring indicator
line, and can execute arbitrary commands on specified sequences of rings.

And it is included with the distribution (currently debian, I jump around
a bit.)


On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 08:45:51PM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
> Russell Steicke wrote:
> > A while back I recall someone mentioning a daemon that allowed defined
> > actions to take place if there was ring activity on a modem.  The most
> > obvious use would be to have it activate pppd in response to a ring in, or
> > a certain number of rings in a certain time.
> 
> Yes, it's called mgetty and almost certainly shipped with your system. (-:


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Russell Steicke

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