uucp login problems

[W. Paul Zola]

In article <1173 at bbx.basis.com> russ at bbx.basis.com (Russ Kepler) writes:
[ wants to set up his system to use 7-bits even parity for login ]

You can't just modify the stock gettydefs and have it work.  This is
because the stock gettydefs entries use 'compound' settings such as
'sane'.  To have users log in with 7-bits even parity create  a
gettydefs entry containing the following settings:

z # B2400 OPOST ONLCR TAB3 BRKINT IGNPAR IXON IXANY PARENB ISTRIP
    ECHO ECHOE ECHOK ICANON ISIG CS7 CREAD
  # B2400 OPOST ONLCR TAB3 BRKINT IGNPAR IXON IXANY PARENB ISTRIP 
    ECHO ECHOE ECHOK ICANON ISIG CS7 CREAD # \r\n@!login: # z

Make sure that the 'z' at the beginning of the entry is the first
character on the line.  Change your /etc/ttys file so that 'z' is the
index character.  (In other words, change the line in /etc/ttys to read
0ztty1A - or whatever is appropriate for your system.) You should now be
able to log in at 2400 baud using 7-bits and even parity. 

If desired, you can create additional entries for other baud rates, and
connect them in a group, similar to the 3-2-1 group in the stock
/etc/gettydefs file.

Of course, once you do this, no-one can log in on that line using
8-bits/no parity.  

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Paul Zola			Software Support Engineer 
				paulz at sco.COM 
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