Re: Why is PPP so screwed up!?!?!

[Robert Nicholson <robert@elastica.com>]

John Goerzen wrote:

> Bad idea.  Replace the entry in the options file with ttyS0, do NOT make a
> modem symlink.  This could, in fact, be responsible for all the rest of
> your problems.
> 
> Reason is: modems use UUCP-style locking.  Other programs will see that
> /dev/modem is locked, but NOT that /dev/ttyS0 is locked, and will use that
> device without asking any questions at all!

Is this correct?

If this is a symbolic link won't it resolv the link before locking the
creating? ie. the UUCP lockfile will be derived from the resolved link
and not the link itself.

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