[comp.os.minix] Hangup problems.

helbekkmo%nhh.uninett%NORUNIX.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Tom Ivar Helbekkmo) (02/09/89)

Here's a little problem that's been bothering me lately...  I've got a
modem hooked up to my machine, and this is used for both incoming and
outgoing calls.  Some of the outgoing calls are automatic, and because
of this I have /bin/login create a lock file before exec'ing a shell.
The new /bin/login then removes that lock when the shell terminates.
My problem is, that when someone logs in by phone, and then hangs up
without logging out, their shell will simply hang.  To alleviate this,
I need real modem control inside the kernel.

Is anyone working on this, or should I just go ahead and implement it?

-tih