AFAIK, the dialup networking in win95 is for setting up a connection with a
ppp server. To connect to your machine as a shell account, use telnet. You
can run telnet from the dos prompt, or from the start button (start-->run
-->telnet).
--David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marc Corel
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 1998 9:12 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: To accept incoming dialing calls:What is missing??
>
>
>
> Hi..
> 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),..that my linux box was opened, 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. I even tried to ad my friends phone number in the
> mgetty config and dialin files..
>
> thanks for helping
>
> George Lambert
> Sciences and Culture
> Commission,
> Edmon,ALB.
>
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