"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. This, at least, was my understanding of the danger of device symlinks. -- Rob
