Hello,

I have redhat 5.0/kernel 2.0.32. To have my friends dialing
my linux PC , Here's what I did (sorry if it's a long description..just
trying 
to be as clear as possible):
All my friends have an account already on my system (adduser) and I ve
checked all permissions
STEP I.-> Install my getty package: 
rpm -ivh  mgetty-1.1.9-4.i386.rpm
STEP II.-> Add the following line to /etc/inittab:
m1:3:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -D -x2 /dev/ttyS3 (ttyS3 being my  modem on COM4,
which is attached to my phone line )
which seems ok, cause when I do a "ps -x", I can see it correctly loaded as
one of my processes.
Here are my main mgetty files:
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/dialin.config
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/dialin.config
(I wont really have to modify the config files to have mgetty running. 
With the  default settings, mgetty should be ok).
To create a win95 connection to my  system set up like this, all the user has
to do is create a new dialup connection, name it, give it my phone
number, enter their userid and password, click 'save password', and
connect. That's it. No terminal window! The login is negotiated between the
two systems without your intervention.
The problem is that my users dial into my machine with dial up networking,
and nothing happens. It just dials my phone line and get into my vocal
message box.
No sign that my system is receiving their calls. I made sure my modem was
on (I can connect to my ISp without
problem), and they tried many things such as the IP of my linux box, or the
IP of my dial up line. But the problem is the same. Their
phone dial mine, and that's yet. I do not have a static IP so that's not as
if I was asking them to dial a ppp server.
They should normally be able to connect as a shell account.

Mind you, that I have PPP already compiled in and connecting to my ISp is
not a problem.

thanks for helping

George Lambert
Sciences and Culture
Commission,
Edmon,ALB.

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