[plug] help: can't get online

[Kim Covil]

> 
> It worked Kim!  I added the 'noauth' just below 'lock'.  What does
> lock do, by the way?  
> 
> Ari

lock puts a lock file in /var/lock/LCK..<device> (ie LCK..ttyS0)

the idea being that this process is using the modem and so no one else
should... other well behaved processes will check for the presence of
the lock file before trying to talk to the device... This would be
useful for example if you were running fax software using the same
modem...

Cheers

Kim

PS Congrats on getting the machine up... :)

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