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Old 26th June 2008
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Originally Posted by ddekok View Post
I'm beginning to suspect that I cannot double up the purpose of a single port (eg "dial in" an "dial out") due to the port being locked for inbound communication. Is there any way to hijack it when I need to establish an outbound connection?
set the ttyd0 entry to "off" in /etc/ttys on the server you're calling out from; init q; killall getty; you should now be able to tip cuad0. set the ttyd0 entry back to 'on' and 'init q' again when you're done.
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