Re: ppp redial problem

[Greg Vence <gvence@ix.netcom.com>]

Rob Browning wrote:
> 
> "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@braincells.com> writes:
> 
> > You mean the modem device or something else? I am using /dev/modem which
> > is symlinked to /dev/ttyS1 in pppd as well minicom and pppupd both of
> > which redial correctly.
> 
> I may be mistaken, but I think that this can cause problems in some
> cases, especially with respect to device locking.  I think using a
> symlink means that in certain locking strategies which base the
> lockfile name on the file name, a program locking /dev/modem will use
> the lockfile /var/lock/dev.modem or something, while other programs
> which are trying to use ttyS1 will use /var/lock/dev.ttyS1.  Both
> programs will think they have exclusive access to the device, and both
> will be wrong.
> 
Please don't let me start another editor snowball here.  What is the
difference between /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/cua0?

Thanx -- Greg.
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